A formal term for a New Year's greeting card, often used in written or official contexts. Synonymous with 年賀状, but slightly more literary.
I sent a New Year's card to my old teacher.
I send New Year's cards as a New Year's greeting.
Writing New Year's cards at the end of the year is a yearly custom.
A New Year's card arrived on New Year's Day.
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
Compound of 賀 (congratulation) and 状 (letter, card). The reading is on'yomi.