手簡

Chinese

		hand; convenient; ‑er	simple
trad. (手簡)		手	簡
simp. (手简)		手	简

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒujiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒujiǎn [Phonetic: shóujiǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒujiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-chien³
    • Yale: shǒu-jyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooujean
    • Palladius: шоуцзянь (šouczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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• Middle Chinese: syuwX keanX

Rime
Character	手	簡
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	山 (73)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	書九切	古限切
Baxter	syuwX	keanX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨuX/	/kˠɛnX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiuX/	/kᵚænX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiəuX/	/kænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕuwX/	/kəɨnX/
Li Rong	/ɕiuX/	/kɛnX/
Wang Li	/ɕĭəuX/	/kænX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ə̯uX/	/kănX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shǒu	jiǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sau2	gaan2

Verb

手簡

1. (literary) to write a letter

Noun

手簡

1. (literary) letter; written message; correspondence

Synonyms

• 信
• 信件 (xìnjiàn)
• 信函 (xìnhán)
• 信札 (xìnzhá)
• 八行 (bāháng) (literary)
• 八行書／八行书 (bāhángshū) (literary)
• 函件 (hánjiàn)
• 手書／手书 (shǒushū) (literary)
• 書／书 (shū) (literary, or in compounds)
• 書信／书信 (shūxìn) (formal)
• 書函／书函 (shūhán)
• 書札／书札 (shūzhá) (literary)
• 書牘／书牍 (shūdú) (literary)
• 書簡／书简 (shūjiǎn) (literary)
• 筆札／笔札 (bǐzhá) (literary, figurative)
• 簡／简 (jiǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 鴻／鸿 (hóng) (literary, figurative)