notebook, account book, album, curtain, veil, net, tent
帳 centers on a piece of cloth or paper that records or covers: a notebook or account book for writing, and a curtain, veil, net, or tent as a hanging fabric screen.
帳 combines 巾 (cloth) with 長, which likely contributes the sound and may suggest something long or extended, such as a hanging curtain or a long scroll used for records.
A cloth 巾 that is long 長 can be a curtain hanging down or a long scroll used as a notebook or account book.
For チョウ, imagine a long curtain in a theater named Chou: Chou -> チョウ, and the curtain is a 帳.
curtain; hanging
book; register
notebook; memo pad; (pocket) diary
mosquito net
passbook; bankbook
account book; register; ledger
account book; ledger; register
methodical; precise; meticulous; scrupulous; regular; punctual
registry; entry; book-keeping; signature
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books
public exhibition (of a Buddhist image); displaying (a Buddhist image)
closing part of a balance sheet; balance of accounts
financial records (account books, ledgers, vouchers, forms, etc.)
ledger
notebook; account book; register
thick curtain; drop curtain
drug history handbook; drug notebook; medical diary
address book
address book (email)
(artist's) sketch pad