簡牘

See also: 简牍

Chinese

		simple	documents
trad. (簡牘)		簡	牘
simp. (简牍)		简	牍

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǎndú

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄉㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaan² duk⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎndú
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄉㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎndú
  - Wade–Giles: chien³-tu²
  - Yale: jyǎn-dú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeandwu
  - Palladius: цзяньду (czjanʹdu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaan² duk⁶
  - Yale: gáan duhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaan² duk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gan² dug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːn³⁵ tʊk̚²/

Middle Chinese: keanX duwk

Rime
Character	簡	牘
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	山 (73)	屋 (3)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	古限切	徒谷切
Baxter	keanX	duwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠɛn^X/	/duk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚæn^X/	/duk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kæn^X/	/duk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəɨn^X/	/dəwk̚/
Li Rong	/kɛn^X/	/duk̚/
Wang Li	/kæn^X/	/duk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kăn^X/	/dʱuk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǎn	dú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaan²	duk⁶

Noun

簡牘

(historical, archaic) bamboo and wooden slips
(literary) document
(literary) letters; correspondence

Derived terms

簡帛 / 简帛 (jiǎnbó)
簡帛學 / 简帛学 (jiǎnbóxué)

Further reading

“簡牘”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
簡	牘
かん Grade: 6	どく Hyōgai
kan'on	goon

Kanji in this term
簡	牘
かん Grade: 6	とく Hyōgai
kan'on

Alternative spelling
竿牘

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かんどく [kàńdókú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [kã̠ndo̞kɯ̟]

(Tokyo) かんとく [kàńtókú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [kã̠nto̞kɯ̟]

Noun

簡(かん)牘(どく) or 簡(かん)牘(とく) • (kandoku or kantoku)

(historical) document
(historical) letter; correspondence
- 1916, Mori Ōgai, Shibue Chūsai‎^[1]:
  
  ここに書(か)いた五(ご)郎(ろ)作(さく)の性(せい)行(こう)も、半(なかば)は材(ざい)料(りょう)をこの簡(かん)牘(どく)に取(と)ったものである。
  Koko ni kaita Gorosaku no seikō mo, nakaba wa zairyō o kono kandoku ni totta mono de aru.
  Half of Gorosaku's personality and conduct I wrote about here was taken from this letter.

Synonyms

(document): 書(しょ)札(さつ) (shosatsu), 文(ぶん)書(しょ) (bunsho)
(letter): 書(しょ)簡(かん) (shokan), 書(しょ)牘(とく) (shotoku), 手(て)紙(がみ) (tegami)

Derived terms

簡(かん)牘(どく)文(ぶん) (kandokubun)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
簡	牘

Noun

簡牘 • (gandok) (hangeul 간독)

hanja form^? of 간독