抄
しょ
う
Meanings
1
A selected passage or portion taken from a larger text.
I became interested after reading an excerpt from this book.
2
Explanatory notes or comments added to a text.
I checked the meaning by referring to the annotations on the classic text.
3
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.
Shō was used as an old unit of volume.
The character 鈔 used to mean paper money.