noun
A selected passage or portion taken from a larger text.
この本の抄を読んで興味を持った。
I became interested after reading an excerpt from this book.
noun
Explanatory notes or comments added to a text.
古典の抄を参照して意味を確認した。
I checked the meaning by referring to the annotations on the classic text.
noun
shō (unit of volume); banknote (archaic)
Sense 3: a traditional unit of volume, approximately 1.8 ml. Sense 4: archaic term for paper money, written as 鈔.
一抄は約一・八ミリリットルに相当する。
One shō is equivalent to about 1.8 milliliters.
「鈔」は昔、紙幣を意味した。
The character 鈔 used to mean paper money.
The kanji 抄 originally relates to extracting or selecting, while 鈔 is a variant used historically for money and documents. The reading しょう is the on'yomi.