揀

See also: 拣

揀	U+63C0, 揀 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63C0

← 掿
[U+63BF]

CJK Unified Ideographs

揁 →
[U+63C1]

Translingual

Han character

揀 (radical 64 手+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 手木田火 (QDWF), four-corner 5509₆, composition ⿰扌柬)

References

KangXi: page 440, character 22

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12315

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1913, character 8

Unihan data for U+63C0

Chinese

trad.		揀
simp.		拣^*

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (柬) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
蘭	*ɡ·raːn
攔	*ɡ·raːn
欄	*ɡ·raːn
瀾	ɡ·raːn, ɡ·raːns
讕	ɡ·raːn, ɡ·raːnʔ, *ɡ·raːns
闌	*ɡ·raːn
韊	*ɡ·raːn
幱	*ɡ·raːn
籣	*ɡ·raːn
躝	*ɡ·raːn
爛	*ɡ·raːns
爤	*ɡ·raːns
鑭	*ɡ·raːns
糷	*ɡ·raːns
斕	*ɡ·reːn
揀	kreːnʔ, ɡ·reːns
柬	*kreːnʔ
暕	*kreːnʔ
諫	*kraːns
練	*ɡ·reːns
鍊	*ɡ·reːns
煉	*ɡ·reːns
楝	*ɡ·reːns
萰	*ɡ·reːns
堜	*ɡ·reːns
湅	*ɡ·reːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kreːnʔ, *ɡ·reːns) : 扌 (“hands”) + 柬.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): jiǎn (jian³)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ

(Chengdu, SP): jian³
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): gaan²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): gan²
Gan (Wiktionary): gan³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kién / kián

(Meixian, Guangdong): gian³
Jin (Wiktionary): jie²
Min Dong (BUC): gēng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): kéng / kúiⁿ / káiⁿ / kán

(Teochew, Peng'im): goin² / gang²
Wu (Wiktionary): ke (T2)
Xiang (Wiktionary): gan³ / jienn³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ
  - Wade–Giles: chien³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jean
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: jian³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gian
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiɛn⁵³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaan²
  - Yale: gáan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaan²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gan²
  - IPA ^(key): /kɑːn³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: gan²
  - IPA ^(key): /kan⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: gan³
  - IPA ^(key): /kan²¹³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kién
  - Hakka Romanization System: gien`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gian³
  - IPA: /ki̯en³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kián
  - Hakka Romanization System: gian`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gian³
  - IPA: /ki̯an³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: gian³
  - IPA: /cian³¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: jie²
  - IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕie⁵³/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gēng
  - IPA ^(key): /kɛiŋ³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng
  - Tâi-lô: kíng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: keang
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kúiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: kuínn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kvuie
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kuĩ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kinmen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: káinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kvae
  - IPA (Kinmen): /kãɪ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kán
  - Tâi-lô: kán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: karn
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /kan⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kan⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kan⁴¹/

Note:

kéng/kúiⁿ/káiⁿ - vernacular;
kán - literary.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: goin² / gang²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kóiⁿ / káng
  - IPA ^(key): /kõĩ⁵²/, /kaŋ⁵²/

Note:

goin2 - vernacular;
gang2 - literary.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ke (T2)
  - IPA ^(key): /ke̞³⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: gan³ / jienn³
  - IPA ^(key): /kan⁴¹/, /t͡ɕiẽ⁴¹/

Note: jienn3 - used in some compounds.

Middle Chinese: /kˠɛn^X/, /len^H/▼

Rime
Character	揀	揀
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	山 (73)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	IV
Fanqie	古限切	郎甸切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠɛn^X/	/len^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚæn^X/	/len^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kæn^X/	/lɛn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəɨn^X/	/lɛn^H/
Li Rong	/kɛn^X/	/len^H/
Wang Li	/kæn^X/	/lien^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/kăn^X/	/lien^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǎn	liàn

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤr[a]nʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*kreːnʔ/, /*ɡ·reːns/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	揀
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ kɛn^X ›
Old Chinese	/*kˤr[a]nʔ/
English	select
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	揀	揀
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	6137	6145
Phonetic component	柬	柬
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	簡	練
Old Chinese	/*kreːnʔ/	/*ɡ·reːns/
Notes	柬轉註分化字見吳越春秋

Definitions

揀

(literary or regional) to choose; to pick
^† to get; to obtain
^† Alternative form of 撿／捡 (jiǎn, “to pick up”).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 選 (“to choose”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		選、擇
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		選擇
Mandarin	Beijing	選
Cantonese	Guangzhou	揀
	Hong Kong	揀
	Taishan	揀
Min Nan	Xiamen	揀、選

Compounds

不揀／不拣 (bùjiǎn)
披沙揀金／披沙拣金
挑三揀四／挑三拣四
挑揀／挑拣 (tiāojiǎn)
挑毛揀刺／挑毛拣刺
挑肥揀瘦／挑肥拣瘦

揀佛燒香／拣佛烧香
揀便宜／拣便宜
揀別／拣别
揀妝／拣妆
揀字／拣字
揀擇／拣择

揀破爛／拣破烂
揀精揀肥／拣精拣肥
揀衣挑食／拣衣挑食
揀選／拣选 (jiǎnxuǎn)
翻揀／翻拣

Japanese

Kanji

揀

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

select

Readings

Goon: けん (ken)

Kan’on: かん (kan)

Kun: えらぶ (erabu, 揀ぶ)

Korean

Hanja

揀 • (gan, yeon) (hangeul 간, 연, revised gan, yeon, McCune–Reischauer kan, yŏn, Yale kan, yen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

揀 (gióng, giáng, giản, kiêm)

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