牍 — Chinese character
牍
dú
writing tablet; documents, books
- Pinyin
- dú
- Radical
- 91 ⽚ (Slice)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 片 卖
- Formation
- pictophonetic — page; meaning component 片; sound component 卖
- Traditional
- 牘
Common words with 牍
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 简牍 (簡牘) | jiǎn dú | bamboo and wooden slips (used for writing on in ancient times); letter; correspondence; book; document |
| 尺牍 (尺牘) | chǐ dú | (literary) a one-foot-long strip of wood or bamboo, used for writing in ancient times; (as a metonym) letter; written message |
| 文牍 (文牘) | wén dú | paperwork; official documents and letters |
| 连篇累牍 (連篇累牘) | lián piān lěi dú | (of a piece of writing) long and tedious (idiom); verbose |
| 案牍 (案牘) | àn dú | official documents or correspondence |
| 书牍 (書牘) | shū dú | letter; wooden writing strips (arch.) |
| 长篇累牍 (長篇累牘) | cháng piān lěi dú | (of a text) very lengthy (idiom) |
| 文牍主义 (文牘主義) | wén dú zhǔ yì | red tape |
English words written with 牍
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.