簡牘

See also: 简牍

Chinese

		simple	documents
trad. (簡牘)		簡	牘
simp. (简牍)		简	牍

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	簡	牘
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	山 (73)	屋 (3)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	古限切	徒谷切
Baxter	keanX	duwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠɛnX/	/duk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚænX/	/duk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kænX/	/duk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəɨnX/	/dəwk̚/
Li Rong	/kɛnX/	/duk̚/
Wang Li	/kænX/	/duk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kănX/	/dʱuk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǎn	dú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaan2	duk6

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎndú

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄉㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaan² duk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎndú
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄉㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎndú
    • Wade–Giles: chien³-tu²
    • Yale: jyǎn-dú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeandwu
    • Palladius: цзяньду (czjanʹdu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaan² duk⁶
    • Yale: gáan duhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaan² duk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gan² dug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːn³⁵ tʊk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: keanX duwk

Noun

簡牘

1. (historical, archaic) bamboo and wooden slips
2. (literary) document
3. (literary) letters; correspondence

Derived terms

• 簡帛 / 简帛 (jiǎnbó)
• 簡帛學 / 简帛学 (jiǎnbóxué)

Further reading

• “簡牘”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.