しおり

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Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

usually written using kana alone

A physical or digital marker placed between pages to keep one's place in a book.

読よみかけのページにしおりを挟はさんだ。
I put a bookmark in the page I was reading.

2

guidebook; guide

usually written using kana alone

A booklet or pamphlet providing guidance, often for sightseeing, museums, or events. Less common than the bookmark sense.

美び術じゅつ館かんの入いり口ぐちで展てん示じのしおりをもらった。
I got a guide to the exhibition at the museum entrance.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉に栞しおりを挟はさむto put a bookmark in something (e.g. a book)
本ほんに栞しおりを挟はさんでおいた。
I put a bookmark in the book to save my place.
旅りょ行こうの栞しおりa travel guidebook/itinerary booklet
先せん生せいが修しゅう学がく旅りょ行こうの栞しおりを配くばった。
The teacher handed out the guidebook for the school trip.
栞しおりを作つくるto make a bookmark
図と書しょ館かんで子こどもたちが紙かみの栞しおりを作つくった。
The children made paper bookmarks at the library.

Kanji

栞bookmark, guidebook
枝bough, branch, twig
折fold, break, fracture

Related words

ブックマーク sense 1
栞 usually refers to a physical marker placed in a printed book, while ブックマーク is the common term for a digital bookmark saved in a browser or app.
案あん内ない書しょ sense 2
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.

Don't confuse with

撓しおり
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.

Counted with

枚まいN3
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

Written forms

しおりUsage2%
Usually written in kana. The kanji forms 栞, 枝折り, and 枝折 are rare and mainly literary or decorative.
栞しおりUsage85%
Rare kanji form; may be encountered in older texts or stylized contexts.
枝し折おりUsage7%
Abbreviated rare kanji form of 枝折り.
シオリUsage5%
枝し折おりUsage2%
Rare kanji form; literally 'branch folding', reflecting an old practice of marking a path by breaking a twig.

Etymology

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.