Memory phrase for the character: 笺

笺

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Meaning

comment, letter, note, note-paper

Pronunciation

jiān

Explanation

 Top: bamboo 竹, below: 戋 (two 二 halberds 戈)

Mnemonic
 
Made of bamboo and cut with a halberd into two (note-) papers for the comments.

Radicals

竹 bamboo
戋 two halberds
戈 halberd




 Vocabulary

笺注 jiān zhù  to annotate (ancient texts); commentaries
便笺 biàn jiān  notepaper; memo; memo pad
便笺 biàn jiān  

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