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拣
揀
jiǎn
v. choose, select; pick up
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CHARACTER COMPOSITION
RADICAL
扌 hand (for 拣)手 hand (for 揀)
SIMILAR CHARACTERS
WRITE STROKE BY STROKE
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
EXAMPLES
我在会场拣到一个手机。
我在會場揀到一個手機。
wǒ zài huì cháng jiǎn dào yí gè shǒu jī .
phr. I picked up a mobile phone in the meeting place.
挑三拣四
挑三揀四
tiāo sān jiǎn sì
idiom. pick and choose, be very particular about (one's food, etc.)
拣货
揀貨
jiǎn huò
v. pick (goods/cargos)
挑肥拣瘦
挑肥揀瘦
tiāo féi jiǎn shòu
idiom. to pick the fat or choose the lean -- choose whatever is to one's advantage