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Mythic Mandarin

签 (qiān): meaning and stroke order

签 (qiān) means to sign one's name, to write brief comments on a document.

签

Simplified
签
Traditional
簽, 籖, 籤
Pinyin
qiān

Stroke order of 签

签

  • qiān to sign one's name; to write brief comments on a document
  • qiān Japanese variant of 籤|签[qian1]
  • qiān inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc); small wood sliver
  • 13 strokes
  • Traditional form: 簽

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 签

  1. qiān Traditional 簽
    • to sign one's name
    • to write brief comments on a document
    • inscribed bamboo stick (variant of 籤|签[qian1])
    • visa
  2. qiān Traditional 籖
    • Japanese variant of 籤|签[qian1]
  3. qiān Traditional 籤
    • inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc)
    • small wood sliver
    • label
    • tag

Radical and structure

签
Radical 竹 (Kangxi radical 118) · 13 strokes · 𥫗 on top, 佥 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 签

签 in our stories

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  • 两人一算，就算只涨百分之五，供应商这边的利润也比原来一年一签要高。

    liǎng rén yí suàn jiùsuàn zhǐ zhǎng bǎi fēn zhī wǔ gōngyìngshāng zhèbiān de lìrùn yě bǐ yuánlái yì nián yì qiān yào gāo

    They ran the numbers: even with only a five-percent rise, the supplier's profit would be higher than with the old year-by-year contracts.

    From the story A minute of silence HSK 7–9 · Level 7

  • 那天下午，调解协议只写了三条，两个人都签了字。邱大姐说，这是她二十年来签得最快的一份协议。

    nà tiān xiàwǔ tiáojiě xiéyì zhǐ xiě le sān tiáo liǎng gè rén dōu qiān le zì Qiū dàjiě shuō zhè shì tā èrshí nián lái qiān de zuì kuài de yí fèn xiéyì

    That afternoon the mediation agreement had just three points, and both signed. Sister Qiu said it was the fastest agreement she had seen signed in twenty years.

    From the story The persimmon tree over the wall HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 签

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).