箋

See also: 牋 and 笺

Translingual

Traditional	箋
Shinjitai (extended)	䇳
Simplified	笺

Han character

箋 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹戈戈 (HII), four-corner 8850₃, composition ⿱𥫗戔)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 887, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26122
• Dae Jaweon: page 1315, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2981, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7B8B

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Chinese

trad.		箋
simp.		笺

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (戔) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
殘	*zlaːn, *zaːns
戔	*zlaːn
帴	*zlaːn, *saːns, *ʔslenʔ, *ʔsleːn, *sreːd
虥	*zreːn, *zreːn, *zreːnʔ, *zraːns
盞	*ʔsreːnʔ
醆	*ʔsreːnʔ, *ʔljenʔ
琖	*ʔsreːnʔ
剗	*sʰreːnʔ
棧	*zreːnʔ, *zraːns, *zrenʔ
輚	*zreːnʔ, *zraːns
嶘	*zreːnʔ
錢	*ʔslenʔ, *zlen
俴	*ʔslenʔ, *zlenʔ
籛	*ʔslenʔ, *ʔslens, *ʔsleːn
淺	*sʰlenʔ, *ʔsleːn
濺	*ʔsens, *ʔseːn
踐	*zlenʔ
諓	*zlenʔ, *zlens
餞	*zlenʔ, *zlens
賤	*zlens
綫	*slens
箋	*ʔsleːn
牋	*ʔsleːn

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiān (jian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jian
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹
    • Yale: jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian
    • Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zin¹
    • Yale: jīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsen

Rime
Character	箋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	則前切
Baxter	tsen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sen/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sen/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sɛn/
Li Rong	/t͡sen/
Wang Li	/t͡sien/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zin1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsleːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	箋
Reading #	1/1
No.	6014
Phonetic component	戔
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	箋
Old Chinese	/*ʔsleːn/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 箋

1. annotation; commentary
2. stationery
3. letter; correspondence
4. note; memo

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Japanese

Shinjitai	䇳
Kyūjitai	箋

Kanji

箋

(common “Jōyō” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 䇳)

Readings

• Go-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)
• Kun: ふだ (fuda, 箋)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
箋
せん Grade: S
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 箋 (MC tsen). Compare modern (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Mandarin 箋／笺 (jiān).

Alternative forms

• 籖

Noun

箋(せん) • (sen) 

1. a slip of paper
2. a label made of wood, bamboo, ivory, or paper

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 箋注(せんちゅう) (senchū), 箋註(せんちゅう) (senchū): an annotation

• 処方箋(しょほうせん) (shohōsen): a prescription
• 付箋(ふせん) (fusen), 附箋(ふせん) (fusen): a tag, a label

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
箋
ふだ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Originally a compound of 文 (fumi, “writing”) +‎ 板 (ita, “board”), from the way that thin slices of wood were used for labels.

/fumiita/ > /fumita/ > /funda/ > /fuda/

Alternative forms

• 札, 簡

Noun

箋(ふだ) • (fuda) 

1. Alternative spelling of 札 (“a slip of paper; a label”)

Usage notes

The 箋 spelling for fuda is rare. The 札 spelling is the most common.

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Hanja

箋 • (jeon) (hangeul 전, revised jeon, McCune–Reischauer chŏn, Yale cen)

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