The kanji 冊: meaning, readings and stroke order

冊

Meaning: book (counter)
On reading: サツ satsu、サク saku
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 5
Radical: 冂 open country
Level: Level 6 · grade 6
Old form: 册

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cuốn, quyển (sách)
Japanese: ほんをかぞえることば。
Korean: 권, 책 (책)
Chinese: 册、本 (册)

Readings, words and example sentences

サツ satsu · on reading

冊さつ数すう
number of books
図書室の本の 冊さつ数すうを数えます。
We count how many books are in the school library.

サク saku · on reading · less common

短たん冊ざく
paper strip for writing a wish
七夕に 短たん冊ざくをつるします。
On Tanabata, we hang up paper strips with our wishes.

Practise writing 冊 in the app

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.