書類
しょるい · shorui · JLPT N3 · noun
document
📄🗂️ 書類 = write (書) + kind/category (類): the written kind of thing
書 means writing, as in 書く (to write) and 辞書 (dictionary). 類 means type or category, as in 種類 (kind). So 書類 is literally things of the written category: paperwork, forms, official documents.