拣
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to choose; to pick; to sort out; to pick up
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 手 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 揀
- Common rank
- #2,732
- Unicode
- U+62E3
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
opt for · Heisig RSH #1252
fingers + rickshaw
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 拣
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 雷公打豆腐，拣软的欺 | the God of Thunder strikes bean curd, a bully picks the weakest person; to pick on an easy… | |
| 暴力分拣 | rough handling of parcels during mail sorting | |
| 挑三拣四 | to be picky; to be choosy | |
| 拣佛烧香 | to choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom); fig. to curry favor from the right pers… | |
| 拣信室 | mail sorting office | |
| 披沙拣金 | (lit.) to sort the gold from the sand (idiom); (fig.) to separate the wheat from the chaff | |
| 白拣 | a cheap choice; to choose sth that costs nothing | |
| 分拣 | to sort (mail) | |
| 拣起 | to pick up | |
| 拣饮择食 | to choose one's food carefully; to be picky | |
| 拣选 | to select; to sort out | |
| 翻拣 | to browse and select; to glance through and check | |
| 挑肥拣瘦 | (idiom) to cherry-pick; to pick the best parts for oneself; to be choosy | |
| 挑拣 | to pick and choose; to select | |
| 拣择 | (literary) to select; to choose |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 柬 — compare how they read.