懂中文 Dong Chinese

拣

jiǎn

choose

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 柬 represents the sound. Simplified form of 揀.

Components
扌 meaning component

扌  Meaning component

shou, shǒu

  

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

柬 sound,simplified component

柬  Sound Simplified component

jiǎn

  

letter

Derived from the cursive form of the traditional 柬 component.

Evolution

拣 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
拣 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

拣 (揀) 

jiǎn

choose; select; pick up; gather; to choose; to pick; to sort out; to pick up

Most common words with 拣
Freq.
Word
Meaning

拣

to choose

挑三拣四

to be picky

挑拣

to select

拣选

to select