捡拾
jiǎn​shí

pick up

捡 jiǎn to pick up Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 佥 represents the sound. Simplified form of 撿.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

佥
佥 Sound component
qiān together

Sources

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拾 shi, shí pick up

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

合
合 Sound component
hé to join
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzyip[d][ə]p pick up, gather

說文解字

《說文》：“拾，掇也。从手，合聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

撿 jiǎn to pick up Traditional

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

僉
僉 Sound component
together

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡ·ramʔ
kramʔ

說文解字

拱也。从手僉聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)