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Kanji Detail for 牌 - "tablet, tile, medal"
牌
- Meaning
牌 means "tablet, tile, medal."
Tablet - A signboard; a placard.
Tile - A piece used in games or gambling.
Medal - A badge; a shield.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
label; signboard; medal; mahjong tiles
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
signboard, placard
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
signboard; plaque; plate; tablet (CL:塊|块[kuai4]); brand; trademark (CL:個|个[ge4]); mahjong tile; domino; playing card (CL:張|张[zhang1]); (bound form) fixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in 詞牌|词牌[ci2 pai2] and 曲牌[qu3 pai2])
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
card, game piece; placard, signboard, tablet
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Writing characters on a wooden board for signs and notices. As in shop 招牌 (signboards), official 牌示 (notices). | Used as credentials called 牌. As in 信牌 (credential tablet), 火牌 (urgent pass). Later often made of paper. | Implements for gambling games. As in 紙牌 (paper cards), 骨牌 (dominoes). | An ancestral tablet. Colloquially also called 牌位.
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