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札

tag, paper money, counter for bonds, placard, bid

JLPTN2StatusJōyō · grade 4FrequencyTop 1,000Strokes5

Readings

On'yomi

  • サツ

Kun'yomi

  • ふだ

Nanori

  • さっ

Meaning

札 centers on a flat, labeled piece of material used for identification or exchange: a tag, placard, or paper money. The bid and counter-for-bonds senses extend from the idea of a marked slip used in transactions.

Most common words using 札

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  • 札幌さっぽろ
    N5

    Sapporo (city in Hokkaido)

  • 札ふだ
    N1

    ticket; token; check; receipt

  • 札さつ
    N3

    banknote; bill; note; paper money

  • 入札にゅうさつ
    N1

    bid; tender; bidding

  • 改札かいさつ
    N3

    examination of tickets

  • 落札らくさつ
    N1

    successful bid; winning a tender

  • 手札しゅさつ

    handwritten letter; mail; correspondence

  • 手札てふだ

    one's hand

  • 切り札きりふだ

    trump; trump card

  • お札おさつ

    banknote; bill; note

  • 札束さつたば

    bundle of banknotes; stack of bills

  • 名札なふだ
    N2

    name plate; name tag; label

  • 値札ねふだ

    price tag; price label

  • 花札はなふだ

    hanafuda; flower cards; playing cards consisting of 12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower

  • 札所ふだしょ

    temple which issues amulets

  • 万札まんさつ

    10,000 yen bill

  • 表札ひょうさつ
    N1

    nameplate; doorplate

  • 偽札にせさつ
    N3

    counterfeit (paper) money; counterfeit bill; counterfeit note

  • 偽札ぎさつ

    counterfeit bill; counterfeit note

  • 御札おふだ

    amulet or talisman issued by a Shinto shrine or Buddhist temple

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Etymology

札 combines 木 (tree, wood) with 乚, a simplified form of 乙, which here likely represents a tied or bound object. The character originally referred to a wooden slip used for writing, later extended to paper tags and money.

Meaning mnemonic

A wooden 木 slip with a tied string or hook 乚 becomes a tag or placard. Picture a wooden tag tied to an item, later used for paper money and bids.

Reading mnemonic

For サツ, imagine a stack of paper money tags sitting on a wooden desk: stack -> サツ, and the tags are all 札.