帳 means “notebook, register, curtain”

ちょう · chou

Also: account book, album

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

とばり

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

チョウ

JLPT N1 · Taught in grade 3 · 11 strokes

The story

Cloth (巾) hung long (長): 帳 once meant a curtain, as in 蚊帳, a mosquito net. Now it is mostly a book to write in: 手帳 is a pocket planner, 通帳 a bank passbook, and 几帳面, meticulous, is said to come from the finely finished posts of a curtain stand.

Used in 手帳 (techou, planner/notebook), 通帳 (tsuuchou, bankbook), and 几帳面 (kichoumen, meticulous)

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• 覧 look over
• 欄 column
• 訂 correct
• 閲 inspect
• 宛 addressed to
• 箋 note paper
• 載 appear in print
• 項 item
• 掲 put up
• 簿 register
• 稿 manuscript

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.