Memory phrase for the character: 拣


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Meaning to choose, to pick up, to sort out

Pronunciation

jiǎn

Explanation

Left: hand , right: variant from the east 东/ (The sun rises behind a tree 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

hand
eastIn this radical, the sun rises behind a tree in the east. The radical has been simplified to 东. In some characters, such as , 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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