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Keyword
documents
  • writing tablet
  • books
Frequency
#4709
Strokes
12
Readings
dú
Mnemonic
片 (page) gives the meaning and 卖 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
简牍jiǎndú
bamboo and wooden slips (used for writing on in ancient times); letter; correspondence; book; document
牍dú
documents
尺牍chǐdú
(literary) a one-foot-long strip of wood or bamboo, used for writing in ancient times; (as a metonym) letter; written message
文牍wéndú
paperwork; official documents and letters; (old) secretary
连篇累牍liánpiānlěidú
(of a piece of writing) long and tedious (idiom); verbose
案牍àndú
official documents or correspondence
书牍shūdú
letter; wooden writing strips (arch.); general term for letters and documents
长篇累牍chángpiānlěidú
(of a text) very lengthy (idiom)