票
ヒョウ

ballot, label, ticket, sign

JLPT1 G4 S11 F489

Originally, an abbreviated form# of 要 (compress) + 火 fire → fine/light particles that rise from an object compressed by flames → *slip*; *ballot*; *vote* (← tiny pieces of paper or wood used as tickets or for balloting). 火 was later replaced with 示 altar/the supernatural.

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