Memory phrase for the Kanji: 拣
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拣 |
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Meaning
| to choose, to pick up, to sort out
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Pronunciation |
jiǎn |
Explanation |
Left: hand 扌, right: variant from the east 东/東 (The sun 日 rises behind a tree 木 in the east.) |
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(First come = free choice) The hand that comes first in the morning (=the sun still behind the trees) can choose.
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Radicals
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扌
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hand | |
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東
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east | In 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". |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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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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