札

音読おんよみ: サツ

訓読くんよみ: ふだ

画数かくすう: 5 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 木(きへん)

Meaning

Tag, label, note, bill — used in money, ticketing, and labeling contexts.


  • 名札なふだ — name tag
  • 改札かいさつ — ticket gate
  • 入札にゅうさつ — bid, bidding
  • 表札ひょうさつ — nameplate (on house)
  • 紙札しさつ — paper bill
  • 千円札せんえんさつ — 1000 yen bill

札 originally referred to a wooden tag or label on which characters were written. The left side is the radical , representing wood. The character is now used for both paper tags and modern paper money — reflecting this history of writing on wooden slips.

In modern life, you’ll see it in contexts like 改札かいさつ (ticket gate) or 札束さつたば (bundle of bills).

名札なふだむねにつけてください。
Please wear a name tag on your chest.

改札口かいさつぐち切符きっぷとおします。
You pass your ticket through the gate.

The on-yomi サツ is used in compound words like 札束さつたば (bundle of bills) and 千円札せんえんさつ (1000 yen bill). The kun-yomi ふだ appears in simpler terms like 名札なふだ (name tag) and 入札にゅうさつ (bid).

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