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Information about character(s)

Radical: 手
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 12
Simplified Form: 拣

Pronunciation

Pinyin: jiǎn
Cantonese: gaan2
JapaneseKun: ERABU
JapaneseOn: KAN KEN
Korean: KAN YEN
Vietnamese: gióng

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: choose; select; pick up; gather

CE-Dict: to choose/to pick/to sort out/to pick up

Soothill: To pick, choose, select.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to select; to choose; to pick
2.to pick up

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: choose; cull; pick out; select

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: choose; cull; pick out; select

湘雅醫學專業詞典: picking;selecting

康熙字典文字版 【卯集中】【手字部】揀
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤古限切，音𥳑。與柬同。選也，擇也，分別之也。【魏志·袁紹傳】博愛容衆，無所揀擇。【逸周書】比黨不揀。【舊唐書·懿宗紀】邊方未靜，深藉人才，宜令徐泗團練使，選揀召募官健三千人，赴邕管防戍。　又汰揀。【張耒贈无咎詩】磨君古靑銅，汰揀寄明辨。通作𥳑。　又郞甸切，音練。義同。或作㪝。

Buddhism words and phrases choose, select, pick up

CF-Dict: trier/choisir

Han-De-Dict: auswählen (u.E.) (V)