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How do you read 出納 in Japanese?
Recording money in and money out.
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Receiving and paying out money or goods. It also appears in the name of a ledger ending in 帳.
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出 followed by 糸 and 内 reading
thread radical beside 内
money in and out kanji beginning with 出
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出 has 5 strokes and the radical 凵 (open box). 納 has 10 strokes and the radical 糸 (thread). Radicals are dictionary classifications. The shape-based search phrases below provide other lookup clues.
出5 strokes / radical: 凵 (open box)
納10 strokes / radical: 糸 (thread)
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The answer is
すいとう
suitō
出納
Understand the meaning
English translationReceipts and payments / handling money or goods
Receiving and disbursing money or goods, including the handling of income and expenditure.
See it in a sentence
係の人は、集めた会費と支払いを出納帳に記録した。The person in charge recorded the collected dues and payments in a cashbook.
A way to remember
出 is sui and 納 is tō here. Remember the complete word suitō rather than shutsunō.
Sources：Kanjipedia: 出納
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Using 出納
出納を記録する and 出納簿をつける concern what goes out and comes in. The word can apply to goods as well as money.
例：係の人は備品の出納を記録し、残りの数を確かめた。
The person in charge recorded supplies issued and received, then checked the remaining quantity.
Reading and meaning in context
The reading is すいとう. Learn it with examples such as 出納簿 rather than joining the most familiar readings of 出 and 納.
References for this explanation：Kanjipedia: 出納
Explanation checked on 2026-10-23. Additional examples were written by DuraRing for this page.
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