簿 means “register, record book”

ぼ · bo

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

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JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 19 strokes

The story

Bamboo (⺮) over water (氵), 甫 and a hand (寸): picture a hand inking long bamboo slips row after row. 簿 is a register: 名簿 is a list of names, 帳簿 the account books, and 家計簿 the household budget book, a Japanese habit now known worldwide as kakeibo.

Used in 名簿 (meibo, list of names), 帳簿 (choubo, account books), and 家計簿 (kakeibo, household account book)

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