Kanji Detail for 柬 - "select, letter, card"

柬

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
柬 means "select, letter, card."
1. Select - To sort; to choose; to pick out.
2. Letter - A written message.
3. Card - A name card.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

select; pick out

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

letter, invitation; choose

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

abbr. for 柬埔寨[Jian3 pu3 zhai4], Cambodia

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

card, letter, invitation, note

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

To sort and select. Now written separately as 揀. | Same as 簡. Now letters are called 柬. Calling cards are also called 柬.
Onyomi

kan(かん)

ken(けん)
Kunyomi

era.bu(えらぶ)

tegami(てがみ)
Strokes

9 strokes
Radical

木 (ki・kihen)
Related Keywords
select sort choose pick letter written message card name