懂中文 Dong Chinese

牘

dú

writing tablet

Phonosemantic compound. 片 represents the meaning and 賣 represents the sound.

Components
片 meaning component

片  Meaning component

piàn, piān

  

slice

賣 sound component

賣  Sound component

mài

  

sell

Evolution

牘 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
牘 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

牍 (牘) 

dú

writing tablet; documents, books; documents

Most common words with 牘
Freq.
Word
Meaning

牍

documents

连篇累牍

verbose

长篇累牍

(of a text) very lengthy (idiom)

文牍

paperwork

文牍主义

red tape