1. 揀
  2. 選

揀

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  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)

選

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Meta:

  1. 選 is the 499th most frequent character.
  2. 選 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 選 appears as a character in 70 words.
  4. 選 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
選 => 辶, 巽
Radical :
選 => 辶 (walk), No glyph available, 艹 (grass), 一 (one), 八 (eight/divide)
Graphical :
選 => 丶, ㇆, ㇝, 巳, 艹, 一, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xuan3 - to choose/to pick/to select/to elect

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 選 (xuan3): The component 巽 is pronounced as 'xun4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

选 (選)
选择 (選擇)
选项 (選項)

Medium Frequency

人选 (人選)
入选 (入選)
大选 (大選)
挑选 (挑選)
海选 (海選)
当选 (當選)
票选 (票選)
竞选 (競選)
筛选 (篩選)
精选 (精選)
评选 (評選)
选出 (選出)
选手 (選手)
选用 (選用)
选票 (選票)
选秀 (選秀)
选举 (選舉)
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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