jiǎn

choose

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

is a component form of .

柬 sound,simplified component

  Sound Simplified component

jiǎn

  

letter

Derived from the cursive form of the traditional component.

Evolution

拣 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
拣 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

jiǎn

choose; select; pick up; gather; to choose; to pick; to sort out; to pick up

Most common words with 拣
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to choose

挑三拣四

to be picky

挑拣

to select

拣选

to select