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竹简
zhú​jiǎn

bamboo slips

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
竹简 竹簡 zhú​jiǎn
bamboo slips
narrow strips of bamboo used for writing in ancient China before the invention of paper
historical records
ancient books and chronicles, by extension from the material they were once written on

Frequency

Written text
0.556 per million

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)