籍

jí
#1,577 most
frequent character
(bound form) book, record, register

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

籍 combines 𥫗, bamboo, with 耤 jí as the sound part. It first meant record books for registering households; before paper, bamboo was used for writing. The meaning grew to registry, book or record, birthplace, and membership.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

籍Ji2
surname Ji

Homophones

HSK 3
极jí
extremely, pole (geography, physics)
级jí
level, rank, grade, degree, step
急jí
fast, anxious, urgent, annoyed
集jí
gather, collect, collection
即jí
that is, namely
及jí
and
吉jí
lucky, giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)

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