Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 笺

笺

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Meaning

 comment, letter, note, note-paper

Pronunciation

 jiān

Explanation

 Top: bamboo 竹, below: 戋 (two 二 halberds 戈)

Mnemonic

Made of bamboo and cut with a halberd into two (note-) papers for the comments.

Radicals

竹 bamboo
戋 two halberds
戈 halberd
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Vocabulary

笺注 jiān zhù to annotate (ancient texts); commentaries
便笺 biàn jiān notepaper; memo; memo pad

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