箋 means “note paper, slip”

せん · sen

Also: paper, label, letter, composition

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ふだ

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

セン

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The story

Bamboo (⺮) over two blades (戈) stacked: picture bamboo sliced into thin strips for notes. 箋 is a slip of paper to write on: 便箋 is letter paper, 付箋 a sticky note, and 処方箋 the prescription you carry from the doctor to the pharmacy.

Used in 付箋 (fusen, sticky note), 便箋 (binsen, letter paper), and 処方箋 (shohousen, prescription)

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• 閲 inspect
• 宛 addressed to

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.