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銓
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铨
🇨🇳

measure

HSK 10
Nature →Elements →Minerals
quán
セン
はか.る
전
Components
Traditional (銓)
釒 kangxi+ 全 whole =
銓 measure
釒 Meaning component
jīn kangxi
metal
metal
全 Phonetic component
quán whole
maintain, keep whole or intact
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Simplified (铨)
钅 metal 🇨🇳+ 全 whole =
铨 weigh
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal 🇨🇳
metal
metal
全 Phonetic component
quán whole
maintain, keep whole or intact
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Notes
Similar Characters
欽 think highly of (trad)釗 endeavor (trad)釣 angle (trad/jp)釦 clasp (trad)釧 bracelet (trad)釩 vanadium (trad)釵 ornamental (trad)釺 tool for boring holes (trad)鈀 palladium (trad)鈄 Wine A Wine Flagon (trad)鈆 lead (archaic) (trad)鈉 sodium (trad)鈍 obtuse (trad/jp)鈎 barb (trad)鈔 paper money (trad)鈕 push button (trad)鈞 30 catties (trad)鈣 calcium (trad)鈦 titanium (trad)鈬 bell (iii)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
铨
Regular
Modern
Chinese
铨 / 銓 [quán]
to estimate; to select
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
銓 せん
Sen unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (4)
蒋士铨 [Jiǎng​Shì​quán] #68,575
Jiang Shiquan (1725-1784), Qing poet, one of Three great poets of the Qianlong era 乾嘉三大家
胡铨 [Hú​Quán] #69,249
Hu Quan (1102-1180), Song Dynasty official and poet
铨叙部 [Quán​xù​bù]
Ministry of Civil Service, Taiwan
铨衡 [quán​héng]
to measure and select talents
JAPANESE WORDS (1)
⭐ 選考 [せんこう] #25,628
selection