1. 挑
  2. 揀

挑

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Meta:

  1. 挑 is the 1307th most frequent character.
  2. 挑 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 挑 appears as a character in 29 words.
  4. 挑 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
挑 => 扌, 兆
Radical :
挑 => 扌 (hand), 儿 (legs), 冫 (ice), No glyph available
Graphical :
挑 => 亅, 二, 丿, 乚, 丶, ㇀, 冫

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tiao1 - to carry on a shoulder pole/to choose/to pick/to nitpick
  2. tiao3 - to raise/to dig up/to poke/to prick/to incite/to stir up

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

挑战 (挑戰)

Medium Frequency

挑 
挑剔 
挑选 (挑選)
百里挑一 (百裡挑一)

揀

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Meta:

  1. 揀 is the 2959th most frequent character.
  2. 揀 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 揀 appears as a character in 6 words.
  4. 揀 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
揀 => 扌, 柬
Radical :
揀 => 扌 (hand), 木 (tree), 口 (mouth), 丨 (line), 丷 (eight/divide)
Graphical :
揀 => 亅, 二, 一, 丨, 八, 口, 丨, 丷

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jian3 - to choose/to pick/to sort out/to pick up

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 揀 (jian3): The component 柬 is pronounced as 'jian3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

挑三拣四 (挑三揀四)

Medium Frequency

挑拣 (挑揀)
拣 (揀)
拣起 (揀起)
拣选 (揀選)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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