also: もくかん
wooden strip; mokkan; wooden tablet
Historical term for narrow wooden slips used for writing in ancient East Asia, often bound together. Compare 竹簡 (bamboo strips).
See also: 竹簡
Wooden strips from the Nara period were excavated from the ruins.
Tax records of the time were written in ink on the wooden tablets.
Standard kanji spelling; the reading もっかん is more common than もくかん.
Alternate reading; less common but still encountered.
From Middle Chinese 木簡 (mok kan, literally 'wood slip'). The reading もっかん is a regular assimilation of もくかん.