書信

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See also: 书信

Chinese

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book; letter
letter; true; to believe
letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence
 
trad. (書信)
simp. (书信)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (26) (16)
Final () (22) (43)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter syo sinH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɕɨʌ/ /siɪnH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɕiɔ/ /sinH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɕiɔ/ /sjenH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɕɨə̆/ /sinH/
Li
Rong
/ɕiɔ/ /siĕnH/
Wang
Li
/ɕĭo/ /sĭĕnH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɕi̯wo/ /si̯ĕnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shū xìn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
syu1 san3

Noun

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書信

  1. (formal) letter; epistle; written message
    保羅書信保罗书信  ―  Bǎoluó shūxìn  ―  Pauline epistles
  2. (figuratively) messenger

Synonyms

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  • (letter):
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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (書信):
  • Japanese: 書信(しょしん) (shoshin)
  • Korean: 서신(書信) (seosin)
  • Vietnamese: thư tín (書信)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
しょ
Grade: 2
しん
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

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(しょ)(しん) (shoshin

  1. a letter
    Synonyms: 雁書 (gansho), 雁信 (ganshin), 書簡 (shokan), 書札 (shosatsu), 書状 (shojō), 信書 (shinsho), 手簡 (shukan), 尺牘 (sekitoku), 手紙 (tegami)