# 手札
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shǒuzhá
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄓㄚˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuzhá
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄓㄚˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shǒujhá
*** Wade–Giles: shou$^3$-cha$^2$
*** Yale: shǒu-já
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooujar
*** Palladius: шоучжа (šoučža)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂä³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$手札 手閘／手闸

### Noun

手札
* (literary) personal letter

## 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”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) てふだ [tèfúdá] (Heiban – [0])
* (Tokyo) てふだ [téꜜfùdà] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [te̞ɸɯ̟da̠]
* The high pitch on the first mora is specific to the photograph size sense.

#### Noun

手(て)札(ふだ) • (tefuda)
* a nametag
    Synonym: 名札 (nafuda)
* a calling card, a business card
    Synonym: 名刺 (meishi)
* (card games) a hand of cards, the cards in one's hand
** 2001 June 9, Kazuki Takahashi, “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.
* (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”), using the on'yomi of satsu for the second character.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [te̞sa̠t͡sɨ]

#### Noun

手(て)札(さつ) • (tesatsu)
* (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 syuwX tsreat).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɕɨsa̠t͡sɨ]

#### Noun

手(しゅ)札(さつ) • (shusatsu)
* (rare, possibly archaic) a nametag
    Synonym: 名札 (nafuda)
* (rare, possibly archaic) a calling card, a business card
    Synonym: 名刺 (meishi)
* (rare, possibly archaic) a letter, a note, an epistle (written message)

### References

* 1 2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN