手札

手札

Chinese

		hand; convenient; ‑er	short note
simp. and trad. (手札)		手	札

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒuzhá

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄓㄚˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuzhá
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄓㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒujhá
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-cha²
    • Yale: shǒu-já
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooujar
    • Palladius: шоучжа (šoučža)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂä³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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Noun

手札

1. (literary) personal letter

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
手	札
て Grade: 1	ふだ Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Compound of 手 (te, “hand”) +‎ 札 (fuda, “card”).[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) てふだ [tèfúdá] (Heiban – [0])[2][5][4]
• (Tokyo) て​ふだ [téꜜfùdà] (Atamadaka – [1])[5][4]
• IPA^(key): [te̞ɸɯ̟ᵝda̠]

• The high pitch on the first mora is specific to the photograph size sense.

Noun

手(て)札(ふだ) • (tefuda) 

1. a nametag

   Synonym: 名札 (nafuda)

2. a calling card, a business card

   Synonym: 名刺 (meishi)

3. (card games) a hand of cards, the cards in one's hand
   • 2001 June 9, Takahashi, Kazuki, “遊闘(バトル)206　折(お)れない闘(とう)志(し)‼ [Battle 206: Unbreakable Spirit‼]”, in 遊(ゆう)☆戯(ぎ)☆王(おう) [King of Games], volume 24 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

     オレの場(フィールド)のすべてのモンスターを手(て)札(ふだ)に戻(もど)すぜ

     Ore no fīrudo no subete no monsutā o tefuda ni modosu ze

     I return all the monsters on my field to my hand

   • 2014 March 8, “モンスター回(かい)収(しゅう) [Monster Recovery]”, in 決闘王の記憶 －決闘者の王国編－ [Memories of the Duel King －Duelist Kingdom Arc－], Konami:

     選(せん)択(たく)したモンスターと自(じ)分(ぶん)の手(て)札(ふだ)を全(すべ)てデッキに加(くわ)えてシャッフルする。

     Sentaku shita monsutā to jibun no tefuda o subete dekki ni kuwaete shaffuru suru.

     Shuffle the selected monster and your entire hand into your Deck.

4. (photography) short for 手札形 (tefuda gata) or 手札版 (tefuda ban): a specific size of photograph, roughly 8cm × 11cm

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
手	札
て Grade: 1	さつ Grade: 4
yutōyomi

Compound of 手 (te, “hand”) +‎ 札 (satsu, “card; slip of paper”),[1] using the on'yomi of satsu for the second character.

Pronunciation

• Yutōyomi
• IPA^(key): [te̞sa̠t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

手(て)札(さつ) • (tesatsu) 

1. (rare, possibly archaic) a letter, a note, an epistle (written message)

Synonyms

• 手(て)紙(がみ) (tegami)
• 書(しょ)簡(かん) (shokan)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
手	札
しゅ Grade: 1	さつ Grade: 4
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 手札 (MC ɕɨu^X t͡ʃˠat̚).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• IPA^(key): [ɕɨᵝsa̠t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

手(しゅ)札(さつ) • (shusatsu) 

1. (rare, possibly archaic) a nametag

   Synonym: 名札 (nafuda)

2. (rare, possibly archaic) a calling card, a business card

   Synonym: 名刺 (meishi)

3. (rare, possibly archaic) a letter, a note, an epistle (written message)

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
5. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN