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Kanji Detail for 籍 - "register"

籍

  • Meaning

    籍 means "register." Also associated with record, document.

    1. Register - A book or list recording names or records.

    2. Document - Written papers; records.

    3. Record - To write down officially.

    4. Membership - Enrollment in an organization.

    5. Affiliation - Being connected to a group or place.

  • Words using 籍

    • 国籍 こくせき Listen nationality; citizenship; nationality (ship, airplane, etc.)
    • 書籍 しょせき Listen book; publication
    • 戸籍 こせき Listen family register; census
    • 移籍 いせき Listen transfer (of one's name into another family register); transfer (to another team, company, etc.)
    • 船籍 せんせき Listen ship's nationality; ship's country of registration
    • 在籍 ざいせき Listen being enrolled (at a school); being registered; being a member (of a team, organization, etc.)
    • 党籍 とうせき Listen party membership; party register
    • 本籍 ほんせき Listen one's registered domicile (as recorded in the family register); one's legal domicile (as opposed to where one lives)

  • Four-character idioms with 籍

    • 版籍奉還 はんせきほうかん Listen return of the land and people from the feudal lords to the Emperor

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    • Verified meaning: register
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read せき)
    • Also carries these associations: record, document

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 籍

    Surnames 籍(せき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    enroll; domiciliary register; membership

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    record, register, list; census

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Ji

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    register, record, list, census

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Books and registers for recording. All books are also called 籍. Such as 經籍 (classics), 典籍 (canonical texts). | Household registration. Commonly called 籍貫 (native place). Meaning the name of the place where one's family has lived for generations. | To tread. The fields personally plowed by the emperor are called 籍田. Meaning fields personally trodden. | 籍籍. Much talk. Such as 人言籍籍. Meaning many people are talking. Now also saying being well-known is 籍甚當時 (much talked about at the time). | Scattered and disorderly is called 狼籍 (scattered like wolves). | Confiscating family property is called 籍沒. Abbreviated as 籍. Meaning registering and transferring to the government.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    seki(セキ) セキ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    20 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    竹 (take・takekammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    register document record affiliation ledger membership permit tax collection registration enrollment archive catalogue list entry book

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