reading card (karuta)
In karuta games such as hyakunin isshu or iroha karuta, the card that is read aloud; players then find the matching 取り札 (grabbing card).
See also: 取り札
We need someone to read the reading cards.
The first half of the poem is written on the reading card in hyakunin isshu.
Standard spelling for the reading card in karuta games.
Abbreviated kanji form; less common but still used.
Compound of 読み (yomi, 'reading') + 札 (fuda, 'card').