帖
Meanings
folding book
A book made of folded sheets, often used for traditional calligraphy or painting albums.
Old waka poems are written in this folding book.
counter for units of paper and nori
Traditional counter for paper and nori: 1 帖 = 48 sheets of Mino paper, 20 sheets of hanshi, or 10 sheets of nori. Rare in modern daily life.
Please give me one unit (48 sheets) of Mino paper.
counter for folding books, screens, shields, etc.
Used for objects that fold or consist of panels, such as folding books, folding screens (屏風), and shields.
Arrange two folding screens.
counter for pairs of curtains
Counts pairs of curtains; one 帖 is a pair. Specialized usage.
This room has three pairs of curtains hanging.
counter for tatami mats
Commonly used to count tatami mats and express room size. Often written as 畳, but 帖 is also used.
See also: 畳 (じょう)
This room is six tatami mats in size.
Usage patterns
- 〈数〉帖の紙a quantity of paper measured in 帖 units (e.g. 48 sheets of Mino paper)
I bought one 帖 (48 sheets) of Mino paper.
- 〈数〉帖の屏風a folding screen counted in units of 帖
My grandfather's house has a two-panel folding screen.
- 〈数〉帖の部屋a room's size expressed in tatami-mat units (帖/畳)
I live in a six-tatami-mat room.