Memory phrase for the Kanji: 拣


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Meaning

to choose, to pick up, to sort out

Pronunciation

jiǎn

Explanation

Left: hand 扌, right: variant from the east 东/東 (The sun 日 rises behind a tree 木 in the east.)

Mnemonic


 
(First come = free choice) The hand that comes first in the morning (=the sun still behind the trees) can choose.

Radicals

handSimplification of this hand 手
eastIn this radical, the sun rises 日 behind a tree 木 in the east. The radical has been simplified to 东. In some characters, such as 拣, there is an additional short horizontal line. For reasons of simplicity, this is nevertheless also understood as "east".
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 Vocabulary

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 target
翻拣 fān jiǎn  to browse and select; to glance through and check
白拣 bái jiǎn  a cheap choice; to choose sth that costs nothing
白拣 bái jiǎn  


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