柬

柬 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 木田火 (DWF), four-corner 5090₆, composition ⿻束丷)

• 𠋖, 𠷬, 堜, 媡, 𢃿, 徚, 揀, 湅, 暕, 𮌥, 楝, 㱫, 煉, 𤗛, 瑓, 𥈵, 朄, 𥻂, 𧍴, 𠒵, 諫(谏), 𧹯, 𨃀, 𨐤, 鍊(𫔀), 鰊(𬶠), 𢒞, 㪝, 㼑, 𣍃, 𧡴(𫌫), 𣞰, 鶫, 𣱨, 萰, 闌(阑), 𬮔
• 練 (Exception: All regions except Japan which contains 東 instead)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 520, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14655
• Dae Jaweon: page 908, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1179, character 4
• Unihan data for U+67EC

Historical forms of the character 柬
Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 束 (“tie”) + 八 (“division, individually”). His original meaning is "to pick, to select, to choose", later written as 揀. Perhaps, the two points/marks inside the pictogram of the tied bag (later stylized as 八) mark and emphasize the content of a bag and/or the extraction of his content. See also 東, 熏, and 鹵.

柬

1. ^† Alternative form of 揀／拣 (jiǎn, “to pick; to select”)
2. letter; note; invitation
3. Short for 柬埔寨 (Jiǎnpǔzhài, “Cambodia”).
4. ^† Alternative form of 簡／简 (jiǎn)

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. select, pick out

• Go-on: けん (ken)
• Kan-on: かん (kan)
• Kun: えらぶ (erabu, 柬ぶ)

• 柬埔寨(カンボジア) (Kanbojia, “Cambodia”)

柬 • (gan) (hangeul 간)

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柬: Hán Nôm readings: giản

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