册

冊
cè
HSK 5
#1,523 most
frequent character
book, booklet, classifier for books
noun
Measure Word

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

册 is a picture of a bamboo scroll: thin bamboo strips tied with thread. That gave the first meaning, bamboo scroll. It grew to mean a book or booklet, and then a volume of a book.

Drawn as: bamboo scroll; strips tied with thread

册 as a component in other characters

meaning1 character
sound3 characters

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Example Sentences

我买了一册书。
wǒ mǎi leyī cè shū 。
I bought a book.
请给我一册这个杂志。
qǐng gěi wǒ yīcè zhègè zázhì 。
Please give me a copy of this magazine.
在图书馆里,我看到了很多新册子。
zài túshū guǎn lǐ , wǒkàndào le hěnduō xīn cè zǐ 。
In the library, I saw many new booklets.

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