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1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 款 has 12 strokes and appears in words for contractual terms and artists' signatures or seals.
• Basic usage: 約款 is read やっかん, and 落款 is read らっかん.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Readings with a small っ
  • The readings of both 約款 and 落款 use a small っ.
• Contractual terms and an artist's mark
  • 架空の約款 means fictional terms and conditions.
  • 落款 refers to a signature or seal on a painting or calligraphic work.
  • In 作品の右下に落款を押した, a seal was stamped in the lower-right corner of the work.