jiǎn

to pick up; to collect; to gather

hand (扌) + phonetic (佥) = pick up with your hand

The hand radical does all the work here, grounding the meaning in a physical reaching-down gesture. 佥 mainly contributes the jiǎn sound and does not add meaning.

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HandSemantic

他在路上到了一个钱包。

tā zài lù shàng jiǎn dào le yī gè qián bāo。

He picked up a wallet on the road.

孩子们在海边贝壳,玩得很开心。

hái zi men zài hǎi biān jiǎn bèi ké,wán de hěn kāi xīn。

The children collected shells by the sea and had a great time.

Words with 捡

捡了芝麻丢了西瓜

jiǎn le zhī ma diū le xī guā

to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)

捡到篮里就是菜

jiǎn dào lán lǐ jiù shì cài

all is grist that comes to the mill (idiom)

捡尸

jiǎn shī

(slang) to target an intoxicated person for sexual assault

捡拾

jiǎn shí

to pick up; to gather

捡漏

jiǎn lòu

to repair a leaky roof

捡骨

jiǎn gǔ

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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