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拣 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
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拣 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
拣 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
拣 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
拣 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
拣 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
拣 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now

拣 Stroke Order — How to Write 拣

Stroke Order

拣 is written in 8 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 扌, then complete the remaining strokes.

Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.

拣 Radical and Character Components

Components:扌柬

拣 is a phono-semantic compound: 扌 (hand) carries the meaning, while 柬 indicates the sound.

Radical: 扌 + 5 more strokes

拣 Pronunciation and Pinyin

  • jiǎn

Meanings of 拣 in Chinese

1

jiǎn拣

To choose; to select; to pick out (from a group).
她在商店里仔细挑拣着最新款的衣服。
She carefully picked out the latest style of clothes in the store.
Same as '捡' (jiǎn), meaning to pick up or gather.
他从地上拣起了一本书。
He picked up a book from the ground.

Common Words and Phrases with 拣

1
jiǎn拣fó佛shāo烧xiāng香
To curry favor from the right person, showing favoritism rather than treating everyone equally.
在公司的人事安排上，他总是拣佛烧香，把晋升的机会都留给那些与他私交甚好的人。
In the company's personnel arrangements, he always shows favoritism, reserving promotion opportunities for those with whom he has a good personal relationship.
2
jiǎn拣xuǎn选
to select; to pick and choose
我们需要从这堆苹果中拣选出最新鲜的那些。
We need to select the freshest ones from this pile of apples.
3
jiǎn拣zé择
to select; to pick out; to choose
她仔细地拣择了一束最鲜艳的康乃馨，准备送给母亲。
She carefully picked out a bouquet of the brightest carnations to give to her mother.

More words with 拣

Idioms with 拣

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Questions about 拣

What does 拣 mean in Chinese?

拣 (jiǎn) means “To choose” in Chinese.

How do you pronounce 拣?

拣 is pronounced jiǎn in Mandarin Chinese.

How many strokes does 拣 have?

拣 has 8 strokes.

How do you write 拣?

拣 is written in 8 strokes, starting from the radical 扌. See the animated stroke order on this page.

What is the radical of 拣?

The radical of 拣 is 扌, and 拣 is a phono-semantic compound.