# 箋

| 箋 | U+7B8B, &#31627; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B8B |
| ← 箊 [U+7B8A] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 箌 → [U+7B8C] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 箋 |
| Shinjitai (extended) | 䇳 |
| Simplified | 笺 |

### Han character

箋 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹戈戈 (HII), four-corner 8850$_3$, composition ⿱𥫗戔)

#### Derived characters

* 𣝕 𭷎 𠠀

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 887, character 4
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26122
* Dae Jaweon: page 1315, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2981, character 4
* Unihan data for U+7B8B

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 殘 | *zlaːn, *zaːns |
| 戔 | *zlaːn |
| 帴 | *zlaːn, *saːns, *ʔslenʔ, *ʔsleːn, *sreːd |
| 虥 | *zreːn, *zreːn, *zreːnʔ, *zraːns |
| 盞 | *ʔsreːnʔ |
| 醆 | *ʔsreːnʔ, *ʔljenʔ |
| 琖 | *ʔsreːnʔ |
| 剗 | *sʰreːnʔ |
| 棧 | *zreːnʔ, *zraːns, *zrenʔ |
| 輚 | *zreːnʔ, *zraːns |
| 嶘 | *zreːnʔ |
| 錢 | *ʔslenʔ, *zlen |
| 俴 | *ʔslenʔ, *zlenʔ |
| 籛 | *ʔslenʔ, *ʔslens, *ʔsleːn |
| 淺 | *sʰlenʔ, *ʔsleːn |
| 濺 | *ʔsens, *ʔseːn |
| 踐 | *zlenʔ |
| 諓 | *zlenʔ, *zlens |
| 餞 | *zlenʔ, *zlens |
| 賤 | *zlens |
| 綫 | *slens |
| 箋 | *ʔsleːn |
| 牋 | *ʔsleːn |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiān (jian$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zin$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiān
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jian
*** Wade–Giles: chien$^1$
*** Yale: jyān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian
*** Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zin$^1$
*** Yale: jīn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzin$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: jin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siːn⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: tsen
Rime :
| Character | 箋 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 精 (13) |
| Final (韻) | 先 (85) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 則前切 |
| Baxter | tsen |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡sen/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡sen/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡sɛn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡sɛn/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡sen/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sien/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡sien/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zin$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsleːn/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 箋 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6014 |
| Phonetic component | 戔 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 箋 |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔsleːn/ |

### Definitions

箋
* annotation; commentary
* stationery
* letter; correspondence
* note; memo

### Compounds

* 信箋 / 信笺 (xìnjiān)
* 冷金箋 / 冷金笺
* 南箋 / 南笺
* 擘箋 / 擘笺
* 書箋 / 书笺
* 泥金箋 / 泥金笺
* 灑金箋 / 洒金笺
* 燕子箋 / 燕子笺
* 瑤箋 / 瑶笺
* 硯箋 / 砚笺
* 箋函 / 笺函
* 箋札 / 笺札
* 箋注 / 笺注
* 箋紙 / 笺纸 (jiānzhǐ)
* 花箋 / 花笺
* 薛濤箋 / 薛涛笺
* 處方箋 / 处方笺 (chǔfāngjiān)
* 蠟箋 / 蜡笺 (làjiān)
* 蠻箋 / 蛮笺
* 表箋 / 表笺
* 詩箋 / 诗笺
* 鄭箋 / 郑笺
* 金粟箋 / 金粟笺
* 銀箋 / 银笺
* 長箋 / 长笺
* 髮箋 / 发笺
* 魚箋 / 鱼笺
* 鸞箋 / 鸾笺 (luánjiān)

### References

* “箋”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese

| Shinjitai (extended) | 䇳 |
| Kyūjitai | 箋 |

### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 䇳)

#### Readings

* Go-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)
* Kun: ふだ (fuda, 箋)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 箋
* せん Grade: S
* on'yomi
From Middle Chinese 箋 (MC tsen). Compare modern Mandarin 箋／笺 (jiān).

#### Alternative forms

* 籖

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) せん [séꜜǹ] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [sẽ̞ɴ]

#### Noun

箋(せん) • (sen)
* a slip of paper
* a label made of wood, bamboo, ivory, or paper

##### Derived terms

* 箋注(せんちゅう) (senchū), 箋註(せんちゅう) (senchū): an annotation
* 処方箋(しょほうせん) (shohōsen): a prescription
* 付箋(ふせん) (fusen), 附箋(ふせん) (fusen): a tag, a label

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 箋
* ふだ Grade: S
* kun'yomi
Originally a compound of 文 (fumi, “writing”) +‎ 板 (ita, “board”), from the way that thin slices of wood were used for labels.
/fumiita/ > /fumita/ > /funda/ > /fuda/

#### Alternative forms

* 札, 簡

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ふだ [fùdá] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɸɯ̟da̠]

#### Noun

箋(ふだ) • (fuda)
* Alternative spelling of 札 (“a slip of paper; a label”)

##### Usage notes

The 箋 spelling for fuda is rare. The 札 spelling is the most common.

### References

* 1 2 3 4 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 箋 (MC tsen). Recorded as Middle Korean 젼 (cyen) (Yale: cyen) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Hanja

Wikisource 箋 (eumhun 기록할 전 (girokhal jeon))
* hanja form of 전 (“record”)

#### Compounds

* 전주 (箋注/箋註, jeonju, “an annotation”)
* 처방전 (處方箋, cheobangjeon, “medical prescription”)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

箋: Hán Nôm readings: tiên
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