簿
register, record book
Readings
On'yomi
- ボ
Kun'yomi
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Meaning
簿 centers on a written log for systematic tracking: a register or record book used to keep official accounts.
Most common words using 簿
20 of 54- 名簿めいぼN1
register of names; list of names; roll; register; roster
- 簿ぼ
register; record book
- 簿記ぼき
bookkeeping
- 帳簿ちょうぼ
account book; register; ledger
- 家計簿かけいぼ
household account book
- 簿外ぼがい
unaccounted; off the books
- 通信簿つうしんぼ
report card
- 原簿げんぼ
ledger; original record; register
- 出納簿すいとうぼ
cashbook
- 乗客名簿じょうきゃくめいぼ
list of passengers; passenger manifest; passenger register
- 予約名簿よやくめいぼ
subscription list
- 事件簿じけんぼ
case file
- 二重帳簿にじゅうちょうぼ
(illegal) dual bookkeeping; two sets of books
- 人名簿じんめいぼ
directory; name list
- 会員名簿かいいんめいぼ
membership list
- 会計帳簿かいけいちょうぼ
account book; book of account; ledger
- 会計簿かいけいぼ
account book
- 候補者名簿こうほしゃめいぼ
list of candidates; slate; list of nominees
- 公簿こうぼ
public record; public register; official records
- 出勤簿しゅっきんぼ
employee's attendance record
Study
Etymology
簿 combines 竹 (bamboo, used for writing tablets) with 溥, which likely contributes the sound ボ and the idea of spreading or covering, suggesting a broad written record.
Meaning mnemonic
Bamboo 竹 tablets bound together form a register; the bottom part 溥 looks like a spread-out record with water 氵, a field 田, and a hand 寸 keeping things in order.
Reading mnemonic
For ボ, imagine a bow-tied register book: bow -> ボ, and the bamboo cover keeps the records neatly bound.