籤
qiān HSK5

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签 籤 qiān frequency
variants 簽,籖
label or tag nounverb
A small strip of paper or other material used as a marker or label.
skewer or toothpick noun
A thin, sharp-pointed piece of bamboo, wood, or plastic, such as a skewer or a toothpick.
bamboo sliver
A small, thin piece of bamboo or wood, often used for divination, gambling, or as a counting tool; also refers to the inscribed sticks used to seek divine guidance.
to stitch
(Colloquial) To sew roughly or with large, loose stitches.
签 籤 qiān
variant 籖
arrest warrant
(In ancient government offices) a piece of bamboo or wood used as a warrant for arrest or punishment

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Same as

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 5
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Simplified
签
Strokes
23
Unicode
U+7C64

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