家信

jiāxìn
letter to or from home or family

CEDICT

letter to or from one's family

Wiktionary

  1. 家属往来的书信。《初刻拍桉惊奇．卷一六》：「有紧急家信报知，候相公半日了。」《儒林外史．第四二回》：「我家伯伯大老爷在高要带了家信来。」也作「家书」。
  2. 家中的信使。

重編國語辭典

  1. 家中传信之人
  2. 家人往来的书信

維基詞典

Entry Composition

=1 家 jiā used in 家伙 jiāhuo and 家俱 jiājù
=1 家 jiā
  1. home
  2. family
  3. (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
  4. classifier for families or businesses
  5. refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China
  6. noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian

classifier: 個
2 信 xìn
  1. letter
  2. mail
  3. to trust
  4. to believe
  5. to profess faith in
  6. truthful
  7. confidence
  8. trust
  9. at will
  10. at random

classifier: 封