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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 笺

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
笺 jiān - variant of 箋|笺[jian1]
笺 jiān - variant of 箋|笺[jian1]
笺 jiān - letter
- note-paper

List Ranking for: 笺

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 31,372 31,903 26,301

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿱ ⺮ 戋

Radical:

⺮

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

戋

Semantic:

⺮

Hint:

Bamboo

Other Words Containing 笺

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
笺 - - 31,372 31,903 26,301
信笺 - - 34,392 53,777 58,793
便笺 - - 39,122 70,635 43,988