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Kanji Detail for 箋 - "letter"

箋

  • Meaning

    箋 means "letter." Also associated with annotation, name card.

    1. Letter - A written message; correspondence; document.

    2. Annotation - Notes; commentary; explanatory notes.

    3. Name card - A label; identification tag.

  • Words using 箋

    • 処方箋 しょほうせん Listen prescription
    • 便箋 びんせん Listen writing paper; stationery; notepaper

  • Tattoo check: 箋

    • Verified meaning: letter
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: annotation, name card

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    paper; label; letter; composition

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    note, memo; stationery; comments

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    letter; note-paper

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    note, memo, letter; stationery; comments

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Annotated writing. Meaning to clarify the ancients' meaning. Or to determine by one's own judgment. Making it identifiable. Such as Zheng Kangcheng's annotations on the Mao Poems called 鄭箋 (Zheng's Annotations). | A literary genre name. Originally a type of memorial. Presented to the crown prince and princes. Anciently for inscriptions or letters. Hence correspondence is also called 箋.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    sen(セン) セン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    fuda(ふだ) ふだ

  • Strokes

    tip

    14 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    竹 (take・takekammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    letter annotation name card posters stickers writing note memo commentary correspondence document label message paper stationery tag

Sentences including 箋

  • I need some writing paper.

  • I'll give you a prescription.

  • I'll give you a prescription.

  • Please read the prescription.

  • Let me see your prescription.

  • The doctor gave me a prescription.

  • Let me write you a prescription for some medicine.

  • Can you buy an inhaler without a prescription?

  • Go to the doctor to get your prescription!

  • Take this prescription to your pharmacy.

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