笺 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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jiān

note

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 戋 represents the sound. Simplified form of 箋.

Components

⺮ Meaning component

zhú

bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

戋 Sound component

jiān

small

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

jiān

note, memo; stationery; comments; letter; note-paper

jiān

variant of 箋|笺[jiān]

Most common words with 笺

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3731st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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