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Pictograph of strips of bamboo strung together. In ancient China writing was done on bamboo strips.
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Historical Evolution
冊
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
冊
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
冊
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
冊
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
冊
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
冊
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
冊
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
冊
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
冊
Clerical
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
冊
Regular
Modern
Chinese
册 / 冊 [cè]
book; booklet; classifier for books
Japanese
Korean
책 [冊]
books; publications; Pieces of writing, pictures, etc., that are printed and bound.; volume; A unit for counting the number of old books or several pages of paper bound into one.; book; A word used to indicate "a book."
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
冊 ふみ
Fumi female given name
CHINESE WORDS (34)
注册 [zhùcè] #4,306
to register
手册 [shǒucè] #5,679
manual
相册 [xiàngcè] #14,279
photo album
小册子 [xiǎocèzi] #10,975
booklet
史册 [shǐcè] #15,448
annals
名册 [míngcè] #17,192
roll (of names)
宣传册 [xuānchuáncè] #16,558
commercial brochure
画册 [huàcè] #22,972
picture album
册子 [cèzi] #22,308
a book
册封 [cèfēng] #27,412
to confer a title upon sb
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JAPANESE WORDS (28)
⭐ 一冊 [いっさつ] #5,850
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.)
数冊 [すうさつ] #27,307
several volumes (books)
⭐ 短冊 [たんざく] #29,179
tanzaku
⭐ 小冊子 [しょうさっし] #39,850
booklet
⭐ 別冊 [べっさつ] #63,162
separate volume
冊数 [さっすう] #63,319
number of books
草紙 [そうし] #66,040
written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll)
⭐ 分冊 [ぶんさつ] #93,179
separate volume
冊封 [さくほう] #106,353
bestowing peerage by imperial edict (in ancient China)
青短 [あおたん] #113,766
5-point card with a blue tanzaku
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