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Traditional (Taiwan): 揀

On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C1.

jiǎn ㄐㄧㄢˇ

    • to choose
    • to pick
    • to sort out
    • to pick up

Other words read jiǎn

In the same tone

  • 减 jiǎn lower
  • 剪 jiǎn exterminate
  • 蹇 jiǎn lame
  • 捡 jiǎn collect
  • 简 jiǎn simple

All 22 words read jiǎn

jian with other tones

  • 见 jiàn see
  • 间 jiān between
  • 剑 jiàn double-edged sword
  • 建 jiàn establish
  • 兼 jiān double

All 86 words read jian in any tone

How 拣 is written

    部首 radical
    扌 a form of 手
    笔画 strokes
    8, with 5 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    扌柬
    形旁 meaning
    扌
    声旁 sound
    柬

    Words with 拣

    Starting with 拣

    • 拣选 jiǎnxuǎn select
    • 拣择 jiǎnzé select
    • 拣佛烧香 jiǎnfóshāoxiāng choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom)
    • 拣起 jiǎnqǐ pick up
    • 拣信室 jiǎnxìnshì mail sorting office

    All 6 words starting with 拣

    Ending with 拣

    • 分拣 fēnjiǎn sort
    • 挑拣 tiāojiǎn pick and choose
    • 暴力分拣 bàolìfēnjiǎn rough handling of parcels during mail sorting
    • 白拣 báijiǎn cheap choice
    • 翻拣 fānjiǎn browse and select

    Containing 拣

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