qiàn

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Character · NounTraditional槧

ancient writing tablet; edition of a book

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

2 senses · 5 examples
1.

noun

ancient wooden tablet for writing

archaic

Used in ancient times before paper was common. This sense is now purely historical and appears only in classical texts.

Gǔ古
rén人
yǐ以
zhú竹
jiǎn简
huò或
mù木
qiàn槧
shū书
xiě写
 。

Ancient people wrote on bamboo slips or wooden tablets.

Zhè这
fú幅
huà画
miáo描
huì绘
le了
xué学
zhě者
shǒu手
chí持
mù木
qiàn槧
de的
chǎng场
jǐng景
 。

This painting depicts a scholar holding a wooden writing tablet.

2.

noun

edition of a book; printed version

literary

Used in classical and academic contexts to refer to specific woodblock-printed editions, especially from dynastic periods like Song or Yuan. Often appears in phrases like "宋槧".

Zhè这
bù部
Sòng宋
qiàn槧
fēi非
cháng常
zhēn珍
guì贵
 。

This Song dynasty edition is extremely rare.

Tú图
shū书
guǎn馆
shōu收
cáng藏
le了
yī一
běn本
Yuán元
qiàn槧
gǔ古
jí籍
 。

The library has a Yuan dynasty edition of an ancient text.

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Xué学
zhě者
men们
zhèng正
zài在
yán研
jiū究
bù不
tóng同
bǎn版
běn本
de的
Míng明
qiàn槧
 。

Scholars are researching different editions of Ming dynasty prints.