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揀
揀
See also: 拣
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 | *ɡr·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 Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ
- Wade-Giles: chien3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jean
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: gaan2
- Yale: gáan
- Cantonese Pinyin: gaan2
- IPA (key): /kɑːn³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng
- Tâi-lô: kíng
- Phofsit Daibuun: keang
- IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: ke (T2)
- IPA (key): /kᴇ³⁴/
- (Shanghainese)
| 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 |
/kˠɛnX/ | /lenH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/kᵚænX/ | /lenH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/kænX/ | /lɛnH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kəɨnX/ | /lɛnH/ |
| Li Rong |
/kɛnX/ | /lenH/ |
| Wang Li |
/kænX/ | /lienH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/kănX/ | /lienH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
jiǎn | liàn |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 揀 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
jiǎn |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ kɛnX › |
| Old Chinese |
/*kˤr[a]nʔ/ |
| English | select |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| 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”) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | 選、擇 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 選 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 選、選擇 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 揀 |
| Hong Kong | 揀 | |
| Taishan | 揀 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 揀、選 |
Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
揀
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Readings
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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