拣

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to choose; to pick; to sort out; to pick up

8 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,732 U+62E3

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 柬 (phonetic, jiǎn)

components: 扌柬

opt for · Heisig RSH #1252

fingers + rickshaw

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 柬

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 柬 (jiǎn) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
柬 sound component	jiǎn	card, letter, invitation, note
练	liàn	to drill, to exercise; to practice, to train
炼	liàn	to smelt, to refine; to distill, to condense
阑	lán	screen door, railing, fence
谏	jiàn	to admonish, to remonstrate
楝	liàn	Melia japonica

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
雷公打豆腐，拣软的欺	Léi Gōng dǎ dòu fu , jiǎn ruǎn de qī	the God of Thunder strikes bean curd, a bully picks the weakest person; to pick on an easy…
暴力分拣	bào lì fēn jiǎn	rough handling of parcels during mail sorting
挑三拣四	tiāo sān jiǎn sì	to be picky; to be choosy
拣佛烧香	jiǎn fó shāo xiāng	to choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom); fig. to curry favor from the right pers…
拣信室	jiǎn xìn shì	mail sorting office
披沙拣金	pī shā jiǎn jīn	(lit.) to sort the gold from the sand (idiom); (fig.) to separate the wheat from the chaff
白拣	bái jiǎn	a cheap choice; to choose sth that costs nothing
分拣	fēn jiǎn	to sort (mail)
拣起	jiǎn qǐ	to pick up
拣饮择食	jiǎn yǐn zé shí	to choose one's food carefully; to be picky
拣选	jiǎn xuǎn	to select; to sort out
翻拣	fān jiǎn	to browse and select; to glance through and check
挑肥拣瘦	tiāo féi jiǎn shòu	(idiom) to cherry-pick; to pick the best parts for oneself; to be choosy
挑拣	tiāo jiǎn	to pick and choose; to select
拣择	jiǎn zé	(literary) to select; to choose