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捡

jiǎn

to pick up, to gather, to collect

🔤 Pictophonetic: 扌 (hand) provides meaning, 佥 provides pronunciation

HSK 5 ✏️ 10 strokes Common • Top 28%

Words Using 捡 (2)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

捡

jiǎn

to pick up / to collect / to gather

捡

jiǎn

HSK 5

to pick up / to collect / to gather

捡了芝麻丢了西瓜

jiǎnlezhīmadiūlexīguā

to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)

捡了芝麻丢了西瓜

jiǎnlezhīmadiūlexīguā

to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)

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Each color represents a different component

all, together, unanimous

⿰扌佥 i

Component Tree i

shǒu

扌

hand

📷 Pictographic: A hand with the fingers splayed; compare 手

3 strokes

èr

二

two; twice

💡 Ideographic: Two parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 三 (three)

2 strokes HSK 1

jué

亅

hook

1 strokes

qiān

佥

all, together, unanimous

💡 Ideographic: Many people gathered 亼 under one roof

7 strokes

jí

亼

to assemble, to gather together

3 strokes

⺍

3 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 捡 (2)

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