柬 jiǎn
: letter; card; note; invitation
: choose; select; pick out
: old variant of 揀[拣] jian3
: abbr. for 柬埔寨, Cambodia
Kun Reading
えら.ぶ erabu
: select, pick out
On Reading
カン kan、 ケンken
Usage:
柬埔寨 jian3 pu3 zhai4: Cambodia [かんぼじあ kambojia]
柬吴哥王朝 jian3 wu2ge3 wang2chao2: Ankor Dynasty of Cambodia, 802-1431
請[请]柬[请] qing3 jian3: invitation card; written invitation
Etymology:
会意 Associative Compound.
Stuff 八 (ba1: eight)
bound 束 (shu4: bind, control) into a package.
Look-alike:
朿 ci4: stab
[kun: とげ toge. on: シ shi]束 shu4: bind, control
[kun: たば taba, つか tsuka, たばね tabane, たばねる tabaneru OR つかねる tsukaneru. on: そく soku]
Examples:
none applicable
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
