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jiǎn

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jiǎn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiǎn | jian3
English translation
to choose, to select; to gather, to pick up

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About jiǎn

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

jiǎn

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

hand

Etymology of jiǎn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌柬

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

Jiǎn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and Jiǎn represents the sound. Simplified form of jiǎn .

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Words with jiǎn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
jiǎn to choose jiǎn
挑三拣四 tiāo sān jiǎn sì to be picky挑三揀四
挑拣 tiāo jiǎn to select挑揀
拣选 jiǎn xuǎn to select揀選

jiǎn Decomposition & Compounds

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