懂中文 Dong Chinese

撿

jiǎn

to pick up

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 僉 represents the sound.

Components
扌 meaning component

扌  Meaning component

shou, shǒu

  

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

僉 sound component

僉  Sound component

qiān

  

together

Evolution

撿 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
撿 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

捡 (撿) 

jiǎn

to pick up; to collect; to gather