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Kanji Detail for 冊 - "volume, counter, booklet"
冊
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Meaning
冊 means "volume, counter, booklet."
Volume - A book; a publication.
Booklet - A small book; a pamphlet.
Counter - A word for counting books.
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Words using 冊
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冊子
さっし
book; booklet; story book
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小冊子
しょうさっし
booklet; pamphlet
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一冊
いっさつ
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
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冊子
さっし
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Tattoo check: 冊
- Verified meaning: volume, counter, booklet
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
- Used in real Japanese given names (read ふみ)
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.
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Name readings of 冊
Given names 冊(ふみ)
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
tome; counter for books; volume
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
book, volume
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
book; booklet; classifier for books
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
book, volume, register, list
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Letters of appointment. The document received when granted a noble title is called 冊. | A volume. Such as one book being called 一冊.
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Onyomi
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Kunyomi
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Strokes
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Radical
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Related Keywords
Sentences including 冊
There are a few books in the bag.
He assigned me three books to read.
Do you have two books?
He bought a number of books at the bookstore.
He has no more than one hundred books.
Here is a book.
Was there a book on the desk?
I gave him a book.
He has no less than five hundred books.
It doesn't matter which , just pick three books.