Word Meaning 手帳

てちょう techou

手帳 is read as てちょう (techou) and means certificate.

Meaning

English

  1. certificate
  2. identification card
  3. notebook
  4. memo pad
  5. (pocket) diary

Reading

Kana

てちょう

Romaji

techou

Writing Variants

  • 手帖 てちょう techou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 3643 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

警察手帳

けいさつてちょう

police identification card

年金手帳

ねんきんてちょう

pension book

電子手帳

でんしてちょう

electronic organizer

母子手帳

ぼしてちょう

maternal and child health notebook

母子健康手帳

ぼしけんこうてちょう

maternal and child health notebook

切手帳

きってちょう

stamp album

生徒手帳

せいとてちょう

student's handbook

お薬手帳

おくすりてちょう

drug history handbook

身体障害者手帳

しんたいしょうがいしゃてちょう

physical disability certificate

システム手帳

しすてむてちょう

personal organiser (e.g. Filofax)

敬老手帳

けいろうてちょう

discount pass for the elderly

手錠

てじょう

confinement in chains (Edo-era judicial corporal punishment)

Example Sentences

6

かれはてちょうにメモをとった。

He took notes in his notebook.

てちょうのよていをかくにんします。

I will check the schedule in my notebook.

Damon showed me his stamp album.

I write everything down; I feel uneasy without my notebook.

Tom wrote Mary's phone number in his little black book.

Mary reached in her purse and pulled out her checkbook.