撿
jiǎn HSK6

to pick up

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)

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

Readings & variants
Unicode