拣 — Chinese character
拣
jiǎn
to choose, to select; to gather, to pick up
- Pinyin
- jiǎn
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 扌 柬
- Formation
- pictophonetic — hand; meaning component 扌; sound component 柬
- Traditional
- 揀
Common words with 拣
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拣选 (揀選) | jiǎn xuǎn | to select; to sort out |
| 分拣 (分揀) | fēn jiǎn | to sort (mail) |
| 挑三拣四 (挑三揀四) | tiāo sān jiǎn sì | to be picky; to be choosy |
| 挑拣 (挑揀) | tiāo jiǎn | to pick and choose; to select |
| 拣择 (揀擇) | jiǎn zé | (literary) to select; to choose |
| 挑肥拣瘦 (挑肥揀瘦) | tiāo féi jiǎn shòu | (idiom) to cherry-pick; to pick the best parts for oneself; to be choosy |
| 拣起 (揀起) | jiǎn qǐ | to pick up |
| 披沙拣金 (披沙揀金) | pī shā jiǎn jīn | (lit.) to sort the gold from the sand (idiom); (fig.) to separate the wheat from the chaff |
| 拣佛烧香 (揀佛燒香) | jiǎn fó shāo xiāng | to choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom); fig. to curry favor from the right person |
| 拣信室 (揀信室) | jiǎn xìn shì | mail sorting office |
| 拣饮择食 (揀飲擇食) | jiǎn yǐn zé shí | to choose one's food carefully; to be picky |
| 暴力分拣 (暴力分揀) | bào lì fēn jiǎn | rough handling of parcels during mail sorting |
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.