短冊

Japanese

Alternative spellings
短尺短籍

短冊 (tanzaku): small and colorful strips of paper hung onto small trees during the Tanabata festival

Compound of of Middle Chinese-derived elements 短 (tan, “short”) +‎ 冊 (saku, “writable object”).

The saku changes to zaku as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

短(たん)冊(ざく) • (tanzaku)

a small strip of paper that can be written on, especially those hung on bamboo or other trees during Tanabata
a vertical card in which Japanese poetry (waka, haiku, etc.) can be written on
a thin strip of cloth before the middle perforation of, for example, a cuff
Synonym of スリップ (surippu): a transliteration of the English word 'slip'
(historical, colloquial) Synonym of 一分金 (ichibukin) a rectangular gold coin worth one 分 (bu, one-fourth of a ryō)
Short for 短冊形 (tanzaku-gata): a thin rectangle
Short for 短冊箱 (tanzaku-bako): a box in which tanzaku or tea utensils are stored.
a small twisted piece of paper used in the lottery
Synonym: 捻り文 (hineribumi)

Alternative spellings
短尺短籍

Compound of of Middle Chinese-derived elements 短 (tan, “short”) +‎ 冊 (shaku, “writable object”).

The shaku changes to jaku as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

短(たん)冊(じゃく) • (tanjaku)

(rare) Same as たんざく (tanzaku) above
a kind of 指物 (sashimono, “small banner worn by soldiers for identification during the Sengoku period”)