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笺

jiān

Character Traditional 箋

What 笺 means

1. letter
2. note-paper

Other readings

笺 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• jiānvariant of {笺|jiān}
• jiānvariant of {笺|jiān}

Words starting with 笺

• 笺注jiān zhùto annotate (ancient texts); commentaries

Words containing 笺

• 信笺xìn jiānletter; letter paper
• 便笺biàn jiāna note; a memo; notepaper; memo pad

Characters built on 竹

These share the phonetic component 竹 (zhú), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 简jiǎnsimple; uncomplicated; letter
• 签qiānto sign one's name; to write brief comments on a document…
• 篇piānsheet; piece of writing; bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old)
• 箭jiànarrow
• 箝qiánpliers; pincers; to clamp
• 笕jiǎnbamboo conduit; water pipe of bamboo
• 笾biānbamboo tazza used in ancient times to hold dry food for sacrifices or at banquets
• 筅xiǎnbamboo brush for utensils

Characters that look like 笺

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 莱láiname of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc); Chenopodium album
• 笔bǐwriting brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc); brushstroke…
• 葱cōngscallion; green onion
• 冤yuāninjustice; grievance; wrong
• 筐kuāngbasket
• 萸yúused in 茱萸

Sounds the same

Read jiān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 间between; among; within a definite time or space
• 坚strong; solid; firm
• 兼double; twice; simultaneous
• 艰difficult; hard; hardship
• 肩shoulder; to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
• 煎to pan fry; to sauté
• 监to supervise; to inspect; jail
• 尖pointed; tapering; sharp; (of a sound) shrill; piercing…
• 奸wicked; crafty; traitor
• 渐to imbue
• 歼to annihilate; abbr. for 歼击机
• 浅sound of moving water