See also:
U+63C0, 揀
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63C0

[U+63BF]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+63C1]

Translingual

Han character

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

References


Chinese

trad.
simp. *

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*ɡ·raːn
*ɡ·raːn
*ɡ·raːn
*ɡ·raːn, *ɡ·raːns
*ɡ·raːn, *ɡ·raːnʔ, *ɡ·raːns
*ɡ·raːn
*ɡ·raːn
*ɡ·raːn
*ɡ·raːn
*ɡ·raːn
*ɡ·raːns
*ɡ·raːns
*ɡ·raːns
*ɡ·raːns
*ɡ·reːn
*kreːnʔ, *ɡ·reːns
*kreːnʔ
*kreːnʔ
*kraːns
*ɡ·reːns
*ɡ·reːns
*ɡ·reːns
*ɡ·reːns
*ɡ·reːns
*ɡ·reːns
*ɡ·reːns

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

Pronunciation


Note:
  • kéng/kúiⁿ/káiⁿ - vernacular;
  • kán - literary.
Note:
  • goin2 - vernacular;
  • gang2 - literary.
Note: jienn3 - used in some compounds.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (28) (37)
Final () (73) (85)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II IV
Fanqie
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
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jiǎn
Middle
Chinese
‹ kɛnX ›
Old
Chinese
/*kˁr[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
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 6137 6145
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kreːnʔ/ /*ɡ·reːns/
Notes

Definitions

  1. (literary or regional) to choose; to pick
  2. to get; to obtain
  3. Alternative form of (jiǎn, “to pick up”).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of (“to choose”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese ,
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 選擇
Mandarin Beijing
Cantonese Guangzhou
Hong Kong
Taishan
Hakka Sabah
Min Nan Xiamen ,
Quanzhou ,
Zhangzhou ,
Philippines (Manila) ,

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

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: けん (ken)
  • Kan-on: かん (kan)
  • Kun: えらぶ (erabu, 揀ぶ)

Korean

Hanja

(gan, yeon) (hangeul , , revised gan, yeon, McCuneReischauer kan, yŏn, Yale kan, yen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(gióng, giáng, giản, kiêm)

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