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The character 笺, simplified from the traditional form 箋, is a phono-semantic compound. Its top component, the bamboo radical 竹 (zhú), indicates the writing materials used in antiquity, bamboo slips for notes or letters, while the bottom element 戋 (jiān, simplified from 戔) provides the pronunciation. As paper replaced bamboo, the meaning of 笺 shifted to denote fine writing paper for poetry, correspondence, or annotations. In modern usage, it appears primarily in formal or literary terms related to stationery, such as 信笺 (letter paper) and 便笺 (memo pad).
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我用信笺写信。
这张便笺很实用。
她喜欢彩色信笺。
请把留言写在便笺上。
我收到了一张精美的贺笺。
他用毛笔在花笺上题诗。
这些古籍中保存着许多名人手笺。
在数字化时代，手写信笺显得尤为珍贵。