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Chinese symbol for “postcard”

明信片
míng xìn piàn
postcard

The closest CC-CEDICT match for postcard is 明信片 (míng xìn piàn), defined as: postcard.

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Characters and stroke order

明 míng
bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light
radical 72 ⽇ · 8 strokes
信 xìn
to trust, to believe; letter, sign
radical 9 ⼈ · 9 strokes
片 piàn
slice, splinter; page, strip
radical 91 ⽚ · 4 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 明信片.

WordPinyinMeaning
说明 (說明)shuō míngto explain; to illustrate
证明 (證明)zhèng míngproof; certificate
明白míng baiclear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable
明显 (明顯)míng xiǎnclear; distinct
明天míng tiāntomorrow
明确 (明確)míng quèclear-cut; definite; explicit; to clarify; to specify; to make definite
信息xìn xīinformation; news; message
相信xiāng xìnto believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
照片zhào piànphotograph; 张 (zhāng),幅 (fú)

See also: Japanese symbol for “postcard”.

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.