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捡

jiǎn

HSK 5 Character Traditional 撿

What 捡 means

1. to pick up; to collect; to gather

Example sentences

• 汤姆捡起了书
  Tāngmǔ jiǎn qǐ le shū
  Tom picked up the book.
• 谁捡到就归谁！
  Finders keepers!
• 汤姆捡起了书。
  Tom picked up the book.
• 她捡起了一块鹅卵石。
  Tā jiǎn qǐ le yīkuài éluǎnshí.
  She stooped to pick up a pebble.
• 从地上捡起这支铅笔。
  Pick up the pencil from the floor.
• 杰伊捡起了这把旧剪刀。
  Jay picked up the old scissors.

Words starting with 捡

• 捡拾jiǎn shíto pick up; to gather
• 捡尸jiǎn shī(slang) to target an intoxicated person for sexual assault
• 捡漏jiǎn lòuto repair a leaky roof; (dialect) to find fault; to nitpick…
• 捡骨jiǎn gǔbone-gathering, a custom of Fujian and Taiwan in which a son recovers the bones of his…
• 捡到篮里就是菜jiǎn dào lán lǐ jiù shì càiall is grist that comes to the mill (idiom)
• 捡了芝麻丢了西瓜jiǎn le zhī ma diū le xī guāto let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)

Characters built on 佥

These share the phonetic component 佥 (qiān), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 险xiǎndanger; dangerous; rugged
• 检jiǎnto check; to examine; to inspect
• 签qiānto sign one's name; to write brief comments on a document…
• 脸liǎnface
• 剑jiàndouble-edged sword; classifier for blows of a sword
• 敛liǎn(literary) to hold back; (literary) to restrain; to control (oneself); to collect…
• 俭jiǎn(bound form) frugal; thrifty
• 睑jiǎneyelid

Characters that look like 捡

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 检jiǎnto check; to examine; to inspect
• 捂wǔto enclose; to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears); to cover up (an affair)
• 拴shuānto tie up
• 捶chuíto beat (with a stick or one's fist); to thump; to pound
• 捺nàto press down firmly; to suppress; right-falling stroke in Chinese characters…
• 拾shèto ascend in light steps

Sounds the same

Read jiǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 检to check; to examine; to inspect
• 简simple; uncomplicated; letter
• 减to lower; to decrease; to reduce
• 剪(bound form) scissors or similar tool; to cut as with scissors; (bound form) to wipe out…
• 柬card; note; letter
• 俭(bound form) frugal; thrifty
• 拣to choose; to pick; to sort out
• 蹇lame; cripple; unfortunate
• 茧(bound form) cocoon; (bound form) callus (variant of 趼
• 碱(chemistry) base; alkali; soda
• 睑eyelid
• 謇to speak out boldly