What is the meaning of 短冊?

a small strip of paper that can be written on, especially those hung on bamboo or other trees during Tanabata

a vertical card on which Japanese poetry (waka, haiku, etc.) can be written

a thin strip of cloth before the middle perforation of, for example, a cuff

Synonym of スリップ (surippu): a transliteration of the English word 'slip'

Synonym of 一分金 (ichibukin) a rectangular gold coin worth one (bu, one-fourth of a ryō)

Short for 短冊形 (tanzaku-gata): a thin rectangle

Short for 短冊箱 (tanzaku-bako): a box in which tanzaku or tea utensils are stored.

a small twisted piece of paper used in the lottery

Same as たんざく (tanzaku) above

a kind of 指物 (sashimono, small banner worn by soldiers for identification during the Sengoku period)

Source: wiktionary.org