Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

札: tag, paper money

Also: counter for bonds, placard, bid

JLPT N25 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met

木 carries the meaning · 乙 is drawn in

5 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

サツsatsu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 札さつpaper money
  • 札束さつたばroll of banknotes
  • 札入れさついれwallet, billfold
  • 偽札にせさつcounterfeit paper money
  • 標札ひょうさつnameplate, doorplate
  • 改札口かいさつぐちticket barrier, wicket
  • 千円札せんえんさつ1,000 Yen bill
  • 入札するにゅうさつするbid
  • 落札するらくさつするmake a successful bid

ふだfuda · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 札ふだnote [n.]
  • 値札ねふだprice tag
  • 名札なふだname plate, name tag

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成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Stand before a great, ancient tree and see 木! The vertical line is the sturdy trunk, the top strokes are branches reaching for the sunlight, and the bottom strokes are the roots gripping the earth.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
札 tag · 乙
vs本 book
札 adds 乙.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhá

Same form: 札 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
札 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
札 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin zhá most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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