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揀 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「扌」

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1University / general (hardest) ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
On
カン・ケンかん・けん · kan · ken
Kun
えら.ぶera.bu
Meaning
to select

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Hand 扌 with 柬 as phonetic: to sort through and pick out.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 揀択かんたく

    selecting; picking out

  • 選別せんべつ

    sorting; selection

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

良(よ)い実(じつ)だけを揀んで箱(ばこ)に詰(つ)めた。

They picked out only the good fruit and boxed it.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

選別揀択選別揀別separa…択choose選to cho…扎to pri…扛to lif…扞to war…扠well…扨well…刋to cut丱child'…奸wicked杆a pole罕rare
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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