Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 拣
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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
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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 日 rises behind a tree 木 in the 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 |
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