A physical or digital marker placed between pages to keep one's place in a book.
I put a bookmark in the page I was reading.
A booklet or pamphlet providing guidance, often for sightseeing, museums, or events. Less common than the bookmark sense.
I put a bookmark in the book to save my place.
I got a guide to the exhibition at the museum entrance.
The teacher handed out the guidebook for the school trip.
The children made paper bookmarks at the library.
栞 in this sense is a small, often informal pamphlet handed out at events or sights, while 案内書 is a more general, formal term for any guidebook or manual.
撓 (しおり) is a rare haiku term for the poet's spiritual merging with nature, while 栞 (しおり) is the everyday word for a bookmark or guidebook—identical pronunciation but unrelated meanings.
counter for thin, flat objects; sheet; plate; coin · serving of soba; portion of gyōza · sumo rank position; wrestler at a given rank · field; rice paddy plot · palanquin bearer
Usually written in kana. The kanji forms 栞, 枝折り, and 枝折 are rare and mainly literary or decorative.
Rare kanji form; may be encountered in older texts or stylized contexts.
Abbreviated rare kanji form of 枝折り.
Rare kanji form; literally 'branch folding', reflecting an old practice of marking a path by breaking a twig.
Originally from the verb 枝折る (しおる, 'to bend a branch'), referring to the practice of breaking a twig to mark a trail. The kanji 栞 is a later assignment. The exact derivation is uncertain.