jiǎn

to pick up; to collect; to gather

Character data

Radical ⼿ (64.13)
Strokes 16
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

撿 jiǎn
  1. 1. to pick up
  2. 2. to collect
  3. 3. to gather

Words containing 撿

Word Meaning
to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)
all is grist that comes to the mill (idiom)
(slang) to target an intoxicated person for sexual assault
to pick up; to gather
bone-gathering, a custom of Fujian and Taiwan in which a son recovers the bones of his deceased father from the grave and places them in an urn for permanent storage at a different location
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