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Usage of the character 牘

[牘]
  • documents
wéndú
文牍
[文牘]
  • paperwork
  • official documents and letters
  • (old) secretary
shūdú
书牍
[書牘]
  • letter
  • wooden writing strips (arch.)
  • general term for letters and documents
jiǎndú
简牍
[簡牘]
  • bamboo and wooden slips (used for writing on in ancient times)
  • letter; correspondence; book; document
àndú
案牍
[案牘]
  • official documents or correspondence
chángpiānlěidú
长篇累牍
[長篇累牘]
  • (of a text) very lengthy (idiom)
liánpiānlěidú
连篇累牍
[連篇累牘]
  • (of a piece of writing) long and tedious (idiom)
  • verbose
wéndúzhǔyì
文牍主义
[文牘主義]
  • red tape