牍
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- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 片 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 牘
- Common rank
- #3,456
- Unicode
- U+724D
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
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Words with 牍
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 文牍主义 | red tape | |
| 长篇累牍 | (of a text) very lengthy (idiom) | |
| 连篇累牍 | (of a piece of writing) long and tedious (idiom); verbose | |
| 文牍 | paperwork; official documents and letters; (old) secretary | |
| 书牍 | letter; wooden writing strips (arch.); general term for letters and documents | |
| 案牍 | official documents or correspondence | |
| 简牍 | bamboo and wooden slips (used for writing on in ancient times); letter; correspondence; bo… | |
| 尺牍 | (literary) a one-foot-long strip of wood or bamboo, used for writing in ancient times; (as… |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 卖 — compare how they read.