信函

xìnhán

noun #31,133

Measure Word

一封信函 fēng

Meanings

1 letter
2 correspondence
3 piece of mail (incl. email)

Characters

letter; envelope

Examples

请将申请材料以信函形式寄到本公司。

Qǐng jiāng shēnqǐng cáiliào yǐ xìnhán xíngshì jì dào běn gōngsī.

Please send your application materials to our company by letter.

我收到了一封正式信函。

Wǒ shōu dào le yī fēng zhèngshì xìnhán.

I received a formal letter.

Tips

register

More formal than the everyday 信 (xìn). 信函 is the term you'll see in business, legal, and government writing. For casual 'I got a letter,' just say 信.

Stroke Order

信 xìn

函 hán