Chinese

Noun

手札

1. (literary) personal letter

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) てふだ [tèfúdá] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• (Tokyo) て​ふだ [téꜜfùdà] (Atamadaka - [1])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [te̞ɸɯᵝda̠]

Noun

手札 ‎(hiragana てふだ, romaji tefuda)

1. a nametag
2. (card games) a hand
   • 2001 June 9, Kazuki Takahashi, “折おれない闘とう志し‼ [Unbreakable Spirit‼]”, in 遊ゆう☆戯ぎ☆王おう [Yu-Gi-Oh!], volume 24 (fiction, in Japanese), Tokyo: Shueisha, ISBN 4-08-873123-9:

     これがその一枚 (いちまい)だ‼　魔法 (マジック)カード「モンスター回 (かい)収 (しゅう)」‼

     Kore ga sono ichimai da‼ Majikku Kādo “Monsutā Kaishū” ‼

     Here is that card‼ The Magic Card "Monster Recovery"‼

     モンスター回 (かい)収 (しゅう)…‼

     Monsutā Kaishū…‼

     Monster Recovery…‼

     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 monsters on my field to my hand

Synonyms

• (nametag): 名 (な)札 (ふだ) ‎(nafuda)

Etymology 2

Noun

手札 ‎(hiragana てさつ, romaji tesatsu)

1. a letter (written message)

Synonyms

• 手 (て)紙 (がみ) ‎(tegami)
• 書 (しょ)簡 (かん) ‎(shokan)

Etymology 3

Noun

手札 ‎(hiragana しゅさつ, romaji shusatsu)

1. a nametag
2. a letter (written message)

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3