帳
notebook, account book, album, curtain, veil, net, tent
Readings
On'yomi
- チョウ
Kun'yomi
- とばり
Meaning
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.
Most common words using 帳
20 of 138- 帳ちょうN2
book; register
- 帳とばりN1
curtain; hanging
- 手帳てちょうN4
notebook; memo pad; (pocket) diary
- 通帳つうちょうN2
passbook; bankbook
- 帳簿ちょうぼ
account book; register; ledger
- 台帳だいちょう
account book; ledger; register
- 蚊帳かや
mosquito net
- 几帳面きちょうめんN1
methodical; precise; meticulous; scrupulous; regular; punctual
- 記帳きちょう
registry; entry; book-keeping; signature
- 帳消しちょうけし
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books
- 開帳かいちょう
public exhibition (of a Buddhist image); displaying (a Buddhist image)
- 帳尻ちょうじり
closing part of a balance sheet; balance of accounts
- 帳票ちょうひょう
financial records (account books, ledgers, vouchers, forms, etc.)
- 元帳もとちょう
ledger
- 帳面ちょうめん
notebook; account book; register
- 緞帳どんちょう
thick curtain; drop curtain
- 電話帳でんわちょうN1
telephone directory; telephone book; phone book
- メモ帳メモちょう
memo book; memo pad; notebook; notepad; scratchpad; scratch pad; writing pad; jotter
- 勧進帳かんじんちょう
temple solicitation book
- 警察手帳けいさつてちょう
police identification card
Study
Etymology
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.
Meaning mnemonic
A cloth 巾 that is long 長 can be a curtain hanging down or a long scroll used as a notebook or account book.
Reading mnemonic
For チョウ, imagine a long curtain in a theater named Chou: Chou -> チョウ, and the curtain is a 帳.