noun
one tablet; one pill
Used for counting medicine in tablet or pill form. Often seen on prescriptions and medication instructions.
この薬は一日に一錠飲んでください。
Please take one tablet of this medicine per day.
noun
tray; salver
Rare and somewhat archaic; refers to a flat tray or salver, often used in formal or traditional settings. Modern Japanese more commonly uses 盆 (ぼん) or トレー.
古い文献では、一錠がお盆を指すことがある。
In old documents, 一錠 can refer to a tray.
Common modern word for a tray; 一錠 in the tray sense is rare and mostly historical.
Loanword for tray, widely used in everyday contexts.
Compound of 一 (いち, 'one') and 錠 (じょう), a counter for pills/tablets or an old term for a tray. The tray sense is historically derived from the flat, tray-like shape associated with the character 錠.