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帳

notebook, account book, album, curtain, veil, net, tent

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · grade 3FrequencyTop 2,000Strokes11

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

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  • 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

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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.