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笺 (jiān): Note — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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4.

Related Words: 笺

便笺 • biànjiān • memo, note paper

biàn便

jiān笺

memo, note paper

信笺 • xìnjiān • letter paper, stationery

xìn信

jiān笺

letter paper, stationery

笺注 • jiānzhù • commentary, annotations

jiān笺

zhù注

commentary, annotations

花笺 • huājiān • decorated letter paper

huā花

jiān笺

decorated letter paper

5.

Example Sentences

Tā他

zài在

biàn便

jiān笺

shàng上

jì记

xià下

le了

diàn电

huà话

hào号

mǎ码

。

He wrote down the phone number on a memo pad.

Tā她

yòng用

yī一

zhāng张

jīng精

měi美

de的

huā花

jiān

Wǒ我

yòng用

xìn信

jiān笺

gěi给

péng朋

you友

xiě写

le

Zhè这

běn本

gǔ古

shū书

yǒu有

xiáng详

xì细

de的

jiān

Information

Pinyinjiān

Meaningnote, memo; stationery; comments

Strokes11

Radical竹

Traditional箋

StructureTop-Bottom

Frequency#3731

Zhuyinㄐㄧㄢ

UnicodeU+7B3A

CangjieHIJ

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笺

gěi给

péng朋

you友

xiě写

le了

fēng封

xìn信

。

She wrote a letter to her friend on a piece of beautiful decorated letter paper.

了

yī一

fēng封

xìn信

。

I wrote a letter to my friend on letter paper.

笺

zhù注

。

This ancient book has detailed annotations.

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Characters pronounced "jian".

谏jiànremonstrate, admonish
涧jiànbrook, mountain stream
缄jiānseal, close; bind; letter
饯jiànfarewell party; see off, send off
硷jiǎnalkaline, alkali, lye, salt
碱jiǎnalkaline, alkali, lye, salt

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Characters with radical "竹".

篙gāopole used punt boat
笃dǔsincere; earnest; faithful
笆bābamboo fence
筝zhēnga Chinese zither-like stringed musical instrument
箍gūhoop; bind, surround
篆zhuànseal script; seal, official stamp

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