Read Edit View history Discussion 拣 jiǎn HSK7 choose Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 柬 represents the sound. Simplified form of 揀. Pinyin Separate values with commas jiǎn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 揀 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 扌 is a component form of 手. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 拣 Simp strokes 拣 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Derived from the cursive form of the traditional 柬 component. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 拣 Simp strokes 拣 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 拣 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 140, 526 ], [ 199, 525 ], [ 374, 572 ], [ 410, 571 ] ], [ [ 274, 786 ], [ 290, 778 ], [ 321, 746 ], [ 310, 581 ], [ 304, 122 ], [ 284, 80 ], [ 182, 130 ], [ 180, 138 ], [ 169, 138 ] ], [ [ 61, 239 ], [ 108, 236 ], [ 387, 445 ] ], [ [ 461, 583 ], [ 523, 578 ], [ 565, 584 ], [ 793, 644 ], [ 848, 646 ] ], [ [ 588, 838 ], [ 613, 813 ], [ 624, 792 ], [ 571, 565 ], [ 533, 433 ], [ 495, 336 ], [ 493, 316 ], [ 534, 312 ], [ 808, 370 ], [ 839, 370 ], [ 863, 359 ] ], [ [ 454, 446 ], [ 497, 444 ], [ 643, 482 ], [ 671, 465 ], [ 680, 451 ], [ 674, 395 ], [ 675, 92 ], [ 668, 43 ], [ 651, 18 ], [ 621, 27 ], [ 558, 61 ] ], [ [ 514, 207 ], [ 488, 152 ], [ 432, 73 ] ], [ [ 774, 230 ], [ 862, 152 ], [ 879, 122 ], [ 886, 86 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 336 535 Q 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916 91 908 136 Q 904 178 838 212 Q 798 233 775 242 Q 766 249 763 236 Q 760 223 770 211 Z" ] } 8 strokes 拣 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 140, 526 ], [ 199, 525 ], [ 374, 572 ], [ 410, 571 ] ], [ [ 274, 786 ], [ 290, 778 ], [ 321, 746 ], [ 310, 581 ], [ 304, 122 ], [ 284, 80 ], [ 182, 130 ], [ 180, 138 ], [ 169, 138 ] ], [ [ 61, 239 ], [ 108, 236 ], [ 387, 445 ] ], [ [ 461, 583 ], [ 523, 578 ], [ 565, 584 ], [ 793, 644 ], [ 848, 646 ] ], [ [ 588, 838 ], [ 613, 813 ], [ 624, 792 ], [ 571, 565 ], [ 533, 433 ], [ 495, 336 ], [ 493, 316 ], [ 534, 312 ], [ 808, 370 ], [ 839, 370 ], [ 863, 359 ] ], [ [ 454, 446 ], [ 497, 444 ], [ 643, 482 ], [ 671, 465 ], [ 680, 451 ], [ 674, 395 ], [ 675, 92 ], [ 668, 43 ], [ 651, 18 ], [ 621, 27 ], [ 558, 61 ] ], [ [ 514, 207 ], [ 488, 152 ], [ 432, 73 ] ], [ [ 774, 230 ], [ 862, 152 ], [ 879, 122 ], [ 886, 86 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 336 535 Q 414 559 416 561 Q 425 568 420 577 Q 413 587 384 593 Q 360 597 338 589 L 286 568 Q 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211 Z" ] } 8 strokes Historical Pronunciations No items. + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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