签
qiān HSK5

sign

签 (簽) qiān frequency
sign verb
to sign one's name or write brief comments on an official document

请在文件的最后一页签上名字。

qǐng zài wén​jiàn de zuì​hòu yī yè qiān shàng míng​zi.

Please sign your name on the last page of the document.

bamboo stick noun
an inscribed bamboo stick used for divination or drawing lots

他在寺庙里求了一支上好签。

tā zài sì​miào lǐ qiú le yī zhī shàng hǎo qiān.

He drew a lucky lot at the temple.

visa noun
a visa or an official endorsement on a passport

为了出国旅游，他去大使馆办了个签。

wèi​le chū​guó lǚ​yóu, tā qù dà​shǐ​guǎn bàn le gè qiān.

To travel abroad, he went to the embassy to get a visa.

签 (籤) qiān
lot noun
inscribed bamboo stick used in divination, gambling, or drawing lots

我们通过抽签决定了谁先上台表演。

wǒ​men tōng​guò chōu qiān jué​dìng le shéi xiān shàng​tái biǎo​yǎn.

We decided who would perform first by drawing lots.

label noun
a tag or slip used for marking, identification, or categorization

他在自己的行李箱上挂了一个名签。

tā zài zì​jǐ de xíng​li​xiāng shàng guà le yī gè míng qiān.

He hung a name tag on his suitcase.

sliver noun
small wood or bamboo sliver, such as a toothpick or skewer

他把肉块穿在竹签上烧烤。

tā bǎ ròu​kuài chuān zài zhú qiān shàng shāo​kǎo.

He skewered the meat chunks on bamboo sticks for grilling.

签 (籖) qiān
slip noun
Japanese variant of 签 qiān

他在笔记本上贴了一张纸签作为标记。

tā zài bǐ​jì​běn shàng tiē le yī zhāng zhǐ qiān zuò​wéi biāo​jì.

He stuck a paper tab in his notebook as a marker.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,254th most common 103.7 per million
Movie subtitles
901st most common 125.9 per million appears in 39% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
73.6 per million appears in 21% of films
Written text
36.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Traditional
簽籤
Strokes
13
Unicode
U+7B7E

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)