jiǎn

choose

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

is a component form of .

柬 sound component

  Sound component

jiǎn

  

letter

Definitions

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jiǎn

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

Most common words with 揀
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to choose

挑三拣四

to be picky

挑拣

to select

拣选

to select