short essay, letter

is composed of the radical (bamboo) and (small). implies smallness or scantiness. Before the invention of paper, ancient people wrote on bamboo slips, so refers to short essay and also denotes paper used for writing letters.

Vocabulary of 箋

  • 便箋 (notepaper)
  • 信箋 (letter paper)
  • 箋注 (annotate)

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