札 is also the simplified spelling of 剳, 劄.
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札
Mandarin · pinyin zhá
Meanings
- thin piece of wood used a writing tablet (in ancient China)
- a kind of official document (in former times)
- letter
- note
- plague
Characters in this entry
- 札
- zhá · letter, note; correspondence
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Mandarin tones
2 · zha2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
aat3 · zaat3
Cantonese word readings for 札. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character
- letter; note
- correspondence
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to die prematurely
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) pestilence
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to die from pestilence
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) small wooden strip for writing
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