簡牘

See also: 简牍

Chinese

		simple	documents
trad. (簡牘)		簡	牘
simp. (简牍)		简	牍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎndú

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄉㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaan² duk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎndú
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄉㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎndú
    • Wade–Giles: chien³-tu²
    • Yale: jyǎn-dú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeandwu
    • Palladius: цзяньду (czjanʹdu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaan² duk⁶
    • Yale: gáan duhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaan² duk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gan² dug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːn³⁵ tʊk̚²/

Noun

簡牘

1. (historical, archaic) bamboo and wooden slips
2. (literary) letters; correspondence

Derived terms

• 簡帛／简帛 (jiǎnbó)
• 簡帛學／简帛学 (jiǎnbóxué)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
簡	牘
かん Grade: 6	どく Hyōgaiji
kan’on	goon

Kanji in this term
簡	牘
かん Grade: 6	とく Hyōgaiji
kan’on

Alternative spelling
竿牘

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かんどく [kàńdókú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kã̠ndo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

• (Tokyo) かんとく [kàńtókú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kã̠nto̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

簡(かん)牘(どく) or 簡(かん)牘(とく) • (kandoku or kantoku) 

1. (historical) document
2. (historical) letter; correspondence
   • 1916, Mori Ōgai, Shibue Chūsai‎^[1]:

     ここに書(か)いた五(ご)郎(ろ)作(さく)の性(せい)行(こう)も、半(なかば)は材(ざい)料(りょう)をこの簡(かん)牘(どく)に取(と)ったものである。

     Koko ni kaita Gorosaku no seikō mo, nakaba wa zairyō o kono kandoku ni totta mono de aru.

     Half of Gorosaku's personality and conduct I wrote about here was taken from this letter.

Synonyms

• (document): 書(しょ)札(さつ) (shosatsu), 文(ぶん)書(しょ) (bunsho)
• (letter): 書(しょ)簡(かん) (shokan), 書(しょ)牘(とく) (shotoku), 手(て)紙(がみ) (tegami)

Derived terms

• 簡(かん)牘(どく)文(ぶん) (kandokubun)

Korean

Hanja in this term
簡	牘

Noun

簡牘 • (gandok) (hangeul 간독)

1. Hanja form^? of 간독.