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撿

简捡 · 繁撿

Mandarin · pinyin jiǎn

to pick up; to collect; to gather

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捡: jiǎn · to pick up

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

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character · Etymology 1

(literary) (alt. form 檢／检) to restrain; to constrain
(literary) (alt. form 檢／检) to inspect; to investigate
to pick up; to collect
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 揀 /拣 (jiǎn, “to pick”).
(dialectal) to put in order
(dialectal Hakka) to take; to get

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