箋

Information about character(s)

Radical: 竹
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 14
Simplified Form: 笺
Variants: 牋

Pronunciation

Pinyin: jiān
Cantonese: zin1
JapaneseKun: FUDA
JapaneseOn: SEN
Korean: CEN

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: note, memo; stationery; comments

CE-Dict: letter/note-paper

Soothill: A tablet, slip.

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: annotation; commentary; letter; writing paper

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: annotation; commentary; letter; writing paper

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《竹部》箋表識書也。从竹戔聲。

康熙字典文字版 【未集上】【竹字部】箋
【廣韻】【正韻】則前切【集韻】【韻會】將先切，𠀤音湔。【說文】表識書也。【篇海】古者紀其事，以竹編次爲之。【廣雅】箋，云也。又書也。　鄭康成衍毛氏詩，傳之未盡者曰箋。【呂忱·字林】鄭以毛學審備，遵暢厥旨，所以表明毛意，記識其事，故特稱爲箋。【博物志】聖人制作曰經，賢者著述曰傳，鄭康成註《毛詩》曰箋。或云毛公嘗爲北海郡守，鄭是此郡人，謙敬不敢言註，但表識其不明者耳。　【玉篇】通作牋。

CF-Dict: papier à lettre de fantaisie/lettre, document

Han-De-Dict: Brief (bogen) (u.E.) (S)