尺牍

Traditional: 尺牘

chǐ dú

Dictionary entry

(literary) a one-foot-long strip of wood or bamboo, used for writing in ancient times; (as a metonym) letter; written message

What does 尺牍 mean?

尺牍 (chǐ dú) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(literary) a one-foot-long strip of wood or bamboo, used for writing in ancient times; (as a metonym) letter; written message

Character breakdown

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尺chěone of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gong1 che3 pu3]牍dúdocuments

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How to pronounce 尺牍

尺牍

chǐ dú

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