揀
jiǎn HSK7

choose

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

柬
柬 Sound component
jiǎn letter

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkeanXkˤr[a]nʔ select

Sources

Character origin
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Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart

拣 jiǎn choose Simplified

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

柬
柬 SoundSimplified component
jiǎn letter

Derived from the cursive form of the traditional 柬 component.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode