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冊

冊 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. ふみ。尊ぶべき書物。書籍。
  2. のり。おきて。のっとるべき物事。
  3. 儀式。作法。
  4. 正しい。また、上品。
  5. つかさどる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

象形。束ねられた竹簡を象る。「ふみ」を意味する漢語｛冊｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

tome, counter for books, volume

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • サツElem.
  • サクHS
Kun (native)
  • ふみ
Other languages
  • 拼音ce4
  • 한글chaeg
  • Hán-ViệtSách
  • Hán-ViệtSạch

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
5 strokes
Radical
冂(どうがまえ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+518A

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): overlapping ⿻𦉫一

Words using this kanji

  • 冊子さっし紙を綴じたもの。書物。book, booklet, story book, pamphlet
  • 冊さつ(さく)、中国で天子が后妃や諸侯を立てたり、封禄や爵位をときに発する勅書。 (さく)中型以上の魚の身を、1～数人前の刺身その他の料理にするために直方体に切り分けたもの。 (さつ) 本、雑誌、帳面など、とじてあるものをのに。counter for books, volume
  • 冊数さっすう書物や冊子の数。number of books
  • 冊さく(さく)、中国で天子が后妃や諸侯を立てたり、封禄や爵位をときに発する勅書。 (さく)中型以上の魚の身を、1～数人前の刺身その他の料理にするために直方体に切り分けたもの。 (さつ) 本、雑誌、帳面など、とじてあるものをのに。imperial edict to confer nobility titles (in ancient China)
  • 冊立さくりつimperial investiture, installation
  • 冊封さくほう古代中国で諸侯などにをもって爵位などを与えたこと。bestowing peerage by imperial edict (in ancient China), document bestowing peerage
  • 冊封使さくほうしaccredited Chinese envoy to neighbouring kingdoms
  • 冊子版さっしばんprinted edition (as opposed to digital)
  • 冊子体さっしたいbound form (of a magazine or book; as opposed to a single sheet, scroll, etc.)
  • 冊子本さっしぼんbound book
  • 冊封体制さくほうたいせいtributary system (of Imperial China)

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
4-5-1
Four Corner
7744.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
0a5.42
Heisig
1967
Nelson
88