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捡
撿
jiǎn
1. to pick up
2. to collect
3. to gather
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 4%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

捡
jiǎn
to pick up, to gather, to collect
HSK 5 10 丶

Compound Words (1)

捡了芝麻丢了西瓜
jiǎnlezhīmadiūlexīguā
to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
2,752
Word Frequency Rank
3,054 of 84,292