Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 僉 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (撿)
Simplified (捡)
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Historical Evolution
撿
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
撿
Regular
Modern
Chinese
捡 / 撿 [jiǎn]
to pick up; to collect; to gather
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (5)
捡了芝麻丢了西瓜 [jiǎnlezhīmadiūlexīguā]
to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)
捡到篮里就是菜 [jiǎndàolánlǐjiùshìcài]
all is grist that comes to the mill (idiom)
捡尸 [jiǎnshī]
(slang) to target an intoxicated person for sexual assault
捡拾 [jiǎnshí]
to pick up
捡骨 [jiǎngǔ]
bone-gathering, a custom of Fujian and Taiwan in which a son recovers the bones of his deceased father from the grave and places them in an urn for permanent storage at a different location
JAPANESE WORDS (1)