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The character 笺, whose traditional form is 箋, combines the bamboo radical 竹 with the component 戔, which serves as a phonetic element and conveys an association with slenderness or minor detail. Etymologically, it originated from the concept of narrow bamboo slips employed for writing purposes during earlier periods. Its semantic scope broadened from denoting these physical writing materials to encompassing concise explanatory notes or commentaries added to classical texts, and subsequently it generalized to refer to brief written communications, such as letters or memoranda.
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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。