手簡

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Chinese

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

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (26) (28)
Final () (136) (73)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III II
Fanqie
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