letter; missive
A formal, literary term for a letter; rarely used in everyday conversation. Modern Japanese prefers 手紙 (てがみ).
He penned an old-fashioned letter.
Literary kanji form for 'letter'; rarely used in modern Japanese.
Alternate literary kanji form; even less common than 手簡.
A Sino-Japanese word corresponding to Chinese 手簡 “personal letter”; 簡 originally denoted a writing slip and subsequently a letter or written message.