株札

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かぶ
Grade: 6
ふだ
Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ka̠bɯ̟ɸɯ̟da̠]

Etymology 1

Compound of カブ (kabu, the 9 card in kabufuda) +‎ (fuda, card). The former is borrowed from Portuguese cabo (end, for being the highest non-face card).

Noun

(かぶ)(ふだ) • (kabufuda

  1. (card games) kabufuda; small, rigid Japanese playing cards, a single deck consisting of 40 cards with values ranging from 1 to 10, used for playing hand-comparing betting games such as おいちょかぶ (oichokabu).
    Synonyms: 追丁かるた (oicho-karuta), 株かるた (kabu-karuta)
    • 1960, 最高裁判所判例集, volume 14, numbers 13-14, 最高裁判所判例調查會:
      原告任天堂は、明治二十二年の創業にかかり、花札、株札、虫札、トランプ等一般骨牌類製造販売を業とする老舗であつて、現在は任天堂骨牌株式会社として、旧来の営業を継続している。
      Plaintiff Nintendo, founded in 1889, is a long-established company that manufactures and sells common playing cards such as hanafuda, kabufuda, mushifuda, and poker cards, and it currently continues its traditional business under the name Nintendo Koppai Kabushiki-gaisha (Nintendo Playing Card Stock Company).
    • 2020 or prior, “「天正カルタ」の小型化が意味するもの”, in 「南蛮カルタ」を改良して成立した「天正カルタ」[1], Japan Playing Card Museum, archived from the original on 8 May 2021:
      したがって、日本に伝来した「南蛮カルタ」は大型で、火焔龍の手描きカルタと、蝙蝠龍の木版カルタの二種があったが、その後徐々に小型化が進行して元禄年間(1688〜1704)には今日の花札や株札とほぼ同じ大きさにまで縮小されたと考えられるのである。
      Therefore, the Nanban Karuta that were introduced to Japan were large, and there were two types: hand-painted flaming dragon cards and woodblock bat dragon cards; however, afterwards they gradually became smaller, and by the Genroku period (1688-1704), they are thought to have been reduced to roughly the same size as today's hanafuda and kabufuda.
    • 2022 August 22, 林野宏, “古き伝統の遊びを学ぶ”, in 日本経済新聞[2]:
      花札に似た株札を知っている人は少ないだろう。
      There likely aren't many people who are familiar with kabufuda, which are similar to hanafuda.

Etymology 2

Compound of (kabu, stock, share) +‎ (fuda, card).

Noun

(かぶ)(ふだ) • (kabufuda

  1. (historical) A wooden token given to members of a (かぶ)(なか)() (kabunakama), a type of merchant guild from the Edo period, used to prove their membership and allow certain benefits.
    • 1997, 童門冬二, “矢部の幕政批判”, in 小説遠山金四郎, PHP研究所, →ISBN:
      この株札を持たない商人は、物流に関わることができないという不文律が定められた。
      An unwritten rule was established that merchants who did not have these kabufuda could not be involved in the distribution of goods.