Chinese meanings suggest some sort of written evidence of a payment transaction, difficult to counterfeit, that was issued by a shaman in exchange for prepayment of fees, perhaps a negotiable, transferrable, or bearer instrument, a TOKEN that was redeemable at one, or many of those magical places, the caves o' wonder as the nascence of the chain-store age and of franchising a sales concept, the marketing of a good idea to as many investors with capital that can be found. This SLIP OF PAPER functioned exactly as does paper currency today, or, a gift certificate, or purchasing ten tickets for the volume-discounted price of nine, and so on. See 紮 as a classifier for 'flowers' (subjects for deflowering) as well as banknotes and currency.
SLIPS and TAGS manufactured today are made from wood pulp, reading these two elements as「wood」and「mashed, bent out of shape, pulpy.」Refers to curling PAPER CURRENCY.
Formerly perhaps「hemp」as the left element…the first paper was made from hemp as is 'Japanese paper' today, known as washi. Paper currency is still made from hemp fibers in modern times, too, as hemp is far more durable and softer than other fibers. Correspondence written on hemp paper were often scrolls, rolled up until delivered, and when opened, the paper was「curled」:「Papermaking is an ancient craft. Legend credits Ts'ai-Lun, a Chinese eunuch in the emperor's court, with inventing paper about 105 AD. Specimens were found in the Great Wall of China which date back 200 years earlier. These papers were made from hemp.」
[ now-dead link was https://www.invitesite.com/about/paperHistory.php 2011-01-31 ]
「Early paper-makers in China used hemp fibers, which were soaked in water and pounded with a large wooden mallet. The resulting slurry was then poured over a horizontal mold. Loosely-woven cloth stretched over a framework of bamboo allowed the water to drip out the bottom or evaporate, leaving behind a flat sheet of dry hemp-fiber paper.」
[ https://www.thoughtco.com/invention-of-paper-195265 2023-05-17 ]

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: write down; short note
Japanese EDRDG: tag, paper money, counter for bonds, placard, bid
Unihan extended: letter, note; correspondence

Used within names (nanori)
さっ