抄しょう本ほん

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

1

excerpt; abridgment; book of selections

Refers to a written work that is a selection or condensed version of a larger text, such as an anthology or digest.

この抄しょう本ほんには、彼かれの代だい表ひょう作さくだけが収おさめられている。
This book of selections contains only his representative works.
古こ典てんの抄しょう本ほんを読よんで、全ぜん体たいの流ながれをつかんだ。
I read an abridgment of the classic to grasp the overall flow.

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉の抄しょう本ほんを取とるto obtain an excerpted copy (of a register, etc.)
役やく所しょで戸こ籍せきの抄しょう本ほんを取とった。
I got an excerpted copy of my family register at the city office.
抄しょう本ほんを発はっ行こうするto issue an excerpted copy of a document
市し役やく所しょは住じゅう民みん票ひょうの抄しょう本ほんを発はっ行こうしている。
The city office issues excerpted copies of the residence certificate.

Kanji

抄extract, selection, summary
本book, present, main
鈔selection, summary, 1/10 shaku

Related words

抜ばっ粋すいN1
抜粋 is the common word for a short excerpt from a text, while 抄本 usually refers to a whole book made up of selected passages.
要よう約やくN2
要約 is a condensed summary that rewrites the content, whereas 抄本 collects original passages without rewriting them.

Opposites

謄とう本ほん
謄本 is a complete, full copy of a document (e.g. 戸籍謄本), while 抄本 is a partial extract of the same kind of document (e.g. 戸籍抄本).

Don't confuse with

謄とう本ほん
謄本 is a full certified copy of a document, while 抄本 is only a certified extract or partial copy.

Counted with

冊さつN1
For bound volumes — books, magazines, notebooks.
部ぶN2
For copies of printed matter — documents, reports, magazines (資料を3部).

Word family

戸こ籍せき抄しょう本ほん
official copy of part of family register

Written forms

抄しょう本ほんUsage99%
Standard kanji form; high priority in news and common vocabulary lists.
鈔しょう本ほんUsage1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 鈔 is an uncommon variant of 抄.

Etymology

From 抄 (しょう, 'extract, excerpt') + 本 (ほん, 'book'). The kanji 抄 carries the meaning of selecting and copying out parts of a text.