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Chinese symbol for “memo”

便笺
biàn jiān
Traditional: 便箋
a note; a memo; notepaper; memo pad

The closest CC-CEDICT match for memo is 便笺 (biàn jiān), defined as: a note; a memo; notepaper; memo pad.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

便 biàn
easy, convenient; expedient
radical 9 ⼈ · 9 strokes
笺 jiān
note, memo, letter; stationery; comments
radical 118 ⽵ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “memo”

WordPinyinMeaning
便签 (便簽)biàn qiānnote; memo

Related words

Other words that share a character with 便笺.

WordPinyinMeaning
方便fāng biànconvenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy
随便 (隨便)suí biànas one wishes; as one pleases
便宜biàn yíconvenient
便是biàn shì(emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated); precisely
以便yǐ biànso that; so as to
信笺 (信箋)xìn jiānletter; letter paper
笺注 (箋注)jiān zhùto annotate (ancient texts); commentaries

See also: Japanese symbol for “memo”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.