笺

椾
jiān
#3,723 most
frequent character
variant of 箋|笺[jian1]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

笺 jiān pairs 𥫗 bamboo with 戋 jiān, which gives the sound. It first meant a kind of commentary in old texts. The sense grew to annotate and to writing paper.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

笺jiān
variant of 箋|笺[jian1]
笺jiān
letter, note-paper

Homophones

HSK 5
煎jiān
to pan fry, to sauté
间jiān
between, measure word for rooms
肩jiān
shoulder
尖jiān
pointed, shrill, sharp, acute
兼jiān
to hold two posts at the same time
奸jiān
to fornicate, to defile, adultery
浅jiān
sound of moving water

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