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Radical:
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 13
Total Strokes: 19
Simplified Form:

Pronunciation

Pinyin: qiān
Cantonese: cim1
JapaneseKun: KAGO
JapaneseOn: SEN
Korean: CHEM

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: sign, endorse; slip of paper

CE-Dict: sign one's name

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a slip of bamboo engraved with signs to be used in gambling or divination; a lot
2.a label
3.a small sharp-pointed stick

1.to sign; to autograph
2.a label; a sticker

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: autograph; endorse; label; lot; sign; sticker; tack
【醫】 pick

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: autograph; endorse; label; lot; sign; sticker; tack

康熙字典文字版 【未集上】【竹字部】 簽
【集韻】千廉切,音籖。【博雅】簽、籯,籠也。 又【篇海】簽書文字也。

Foguang Dictionary of Buddhism (佛光大辭典)  (一)用竹或木所制之尖細物。即頭端尖銳,可貫穿物品之具。有部毗奈耶雜事卷三(大二四·二一八上):‘諸芻刺三衣時,便以竹簽,或用鳥翮,衣遂損壞。佛言:“應可用針。”’同書卷三十亦載有後母嫉妒前妻生兒,懷毒惡心,遂以竹簽刺兒喉內,子患痛楚,極苦號啼,其兒因此命終。﹝根本薩婆多部律攝卷五、慧琳音義卷六十﹞
 (二)書寫文字、符號等作為標記之竹片或紙條。即名牌或書籍之標題等。作此義時,與‘箋’、‘簽’通用。唐代湛然之法華玄義釋簽卷一上,自述作法華玄義注疏之緣由(大三三·八一五中):‘昔于台嶺,隨諸問者,簽下所錄,不暇尋究文勢生起,亦未委細分節句逗,晚還毗壇,輒添膚飾,裨以管見。’﹝玄應音義卷十三、玄義私類聚卷一﹞
 (三)扁平長方形或為扁平細長之棒。即棒之上部穿孔以通紐,其頭端呈札狀,上可注明書目、年號、要目等,系于書籍上或夾于卷本,以供檢出之便。大唐內典錄卷八入藏錄序(大五五·三○二中):‘依別入藏,架閣相持,帙軸簽□□□悅目,須便抽撿,絕于紛亂。’
 此外,求神佔卜吉兇所用之竹片,亦為簽之一種。俗以竹簽置于筒中,祈神時抽取之,以判斷吉兇。

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