Refers to a bound record book, such as an account book, attendance register, or logbook. Often used in compound words like 帳簿 (ちょうぼ, account book) or 出席帳 (しゅっせきちょう, attendance register).
The accountant recorded the income and expenses in the ledger.
Please write your name in the attendance register.
簿 is used for formal registers or official record books (名簿, 帳簿), while 帳 is a more general suffix for notebooks and ledgers, including personal ones (手帳, 日記帳).
counter for books; counter for volumes · volume; book
notebook; pocket diary; memo pad · certificate; identification card
passbook; bankbook
account book; ledger; register
account book; ledger; register
registration; entry; bookkeeping; signing in
writing off a debt; cancellation of a debt · cancelling out; offsetting; making even
public exhibition of a Buddhist image · revealing something hidden; exposing a secret · opening a gambling house; holding a gambling party
closing balance; balance of accounts; bottom line · consistency; coherence; making things add up
financial records; account books; ledgers; vouchers; forms
The kanji 帳 originally referred to a curtain or hanging screen, later extended to mean a book or register, possibly from the idea of a bound volume that can be opened like a curtain.
ledger; account book
notebook; account book; register
thick curtain; drop curtain
telephone directory; phone book
pocket money ledger; allowance record book
address book
free-standing screen; partition screen
register of believers; death register · register of reciters of the Buddha's name
register of names; name list
hotel register; guest book
business manager; proprietor
curtained sleeping platform in shinden-style residences
keeping accounts; balancing accounts