抉

Information about character(s)

Radical: 手
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 4
Total Strokes: 7
Variants: 刔

Pronunciation

Pinyin: jué
Cantonese: kyut3
JapaneseKun: EGURU
JapaneseOn: KETSU
Korean: KYEL
Vietnamese: khoét

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: choose, select; gouge, pluck out

CE-Dict: to pick out/to single out

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.[Formal] to pick out; to single out

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《手部》抉挑也。从手夬聲。

康熙字典文字版 【卯集中】【手字部】抉
【唐韻】於悅切【集韻】娟悅切，𠀤音妜。【說文】挑也。【集韻】剔也。【增韻】捾也。【史記·伍子胥傳】抉吾眼，縣吳東門之上，以觀越𡨥之入滅吳也。【韓愈·進學解】爬羅剔抉，刮垢磨光。　又【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】𠀤古穴切，音玦。義同。或作刔。　又通作觖。【前漢·孫寶傳】故欲擿觖，以揚我惡。【註】擿觖謂挑發也。與抉同。　又與決通。縱弦彄也。【周禮·夏官】繕人掌王之用弓弩矢箙矰弋抉拾。【註】抉謂挾矢時所以持弦飾也。著右手巨指。【史記·蘇秦傳】革抉㕹芮,無不畢具。【註】以革爲決也。　又【唐韻】於決切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】一決切，𠀤讀與吷近。亦挑也。

CF-Dict: extirper/arracher/creuser/trier/sélectionner

Han-De-Dict: auswählen, wählen (u.E.)