noun

Messages.cards.
  1. face card, court card.
  2. picture card (in utagaruta or iroha karuta).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
絵札 えふだ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

picture, drawing, painting
エ カイ (2nd, N3)
thread
いと シ (1st, N2)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ ちいさい (Kentei 1)
little, small
ショウ こ- ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
meeting, meet, party
カイ あ.う エ (2nd, N4)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
say
ウン い.う ここに (Kentei Pre-1)
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ ふた ふだ (1st, N5)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)
tag, paper money, counter for bonds
サツ ふだ さっ (4th, N2)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
the latter, duplicate, strange
おと- オツ イツ (8th, N1)