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手て札ふだ型がた

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Meanings

1

wallet-sized (photo)

Describes a photo print size roughly 8.9 cm × 6.4 cm, commonly used for ID photos and personal keepsakes.

証しょう明めい写しゃ真しんは手て札ふだ型がたでお願ねがいします。
Please provide the ID photo in wallet size.

Kanji

手hand
札tag, paper money, counter for bonds
型mould, type, model

Related words

手て札ふだ
手札 in this sense is simply a shortening of 手札型, the full term for the wallet-sized photo format.

Built from

手て札ふだ+型かた

Etymology

Compound of 手札 (てふだ, 'card' or 'handbill') and 型 (がた, 'type' or 'format'), referring to a photo size originally matching the dimensions of early Japanese handbills or calling cards.