book

Simplified form of . Pictograph of strips of bamboo strung together. In ancient China writing was done on bamboo strips.

Evolution

册 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
册 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
册 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
册 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
册 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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book, volume; book; booklet; classifier for books

Most common words with 册
Freq.
Word
Meaning

注册

to register

手册

manual

book

相册

photo album

小册子

booklet

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (0 verified)

Sound component in 4 characters (0 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[tsʰ](ˤ)rek

tsrheak

tablet, records


Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 14.6724% of movies

1757th most common character in movies

1525th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Traditional

Unicode

U+518C

Shuowen

“冊,符命也,諸矦進受于王也。象其札一長一短,中有二編之形。笧,古文从竹。”


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