Kanji N2

札: tag, paper money, counter for bonds

札 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning tag, paper money, counter for bonds, written with 5 strokes. It is read サツ (on) and ふだ (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 改札 (かいさつ, examination of tickets) and 札 (さつ, banknote).

札

Meanings

  • tag
  • paper money
  • counter for bonds
  • placard
  • bid
Strokes5
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#921 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • サツ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • ふだ

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 札

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 改札かいさつ

    examination of tickets

    JLPT N2
  • 札さつ

    banknote; bill; note; paper money

    JLPT N3
  • 名札なふだ

    name plate; name tag; label

    JLPT N1
  • 入札にゅうさつ

    bid; tender; bidding

  • 落札らくさつ

    successful bid; winning a tender

  • 切り札きりふだ

    trump; trump card

  • 札束さつたば

    bundle of banknotes; stack of bills

  • 応札おうさつ

    making a bid; tendering a bid

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.