冊
tome, counter for books, volume
Readings
On'yomi
- サツ
- サク
Kun'yomi
- ふみ
Meaning
冊 centers on bound written material: a tome, a volume, or the counter used for books and similar bound items.
Most common words using 冊
20 of 27- 冊さつN1
counter for books
- 冊子さっし
book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook
- 別冊べっさつ
separate volume; extra issue; supplement; additional volume; supplementary volume
- 分冊ぶんさつ
separate volume; fascicle; fascicule
- 短冊たんざく
tanzaku; poem slip; poetry slip; long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically)
- 冊数さっすう
number of books
- 小冊子しょうさっし
booklet; pamphlet
- 一冊いっさつ
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
- 冊さく
imperial edict to confer nobility titles (in ancient China)
- 冊子体さっしたい
bound form (of a magazine or book; as opposed to a single sheet, scroll, etc.)
- 冊子本さっしぼん
bound book
- 冊子版さっしばん
printed edition (as opposed to digital)
- 冊封さくほう
bestowing peerage by imperial edict (in ancient China); document bestowing peerage
- 冊封体制さくほうたいせい
tributary system (of Imperial China)
- 冊封使さくほうし
accredited Chinese envoy to neighbouring kingdoms
- 冊立さくりつ
imperial investiture; installation
- 別冊付録べっさつふろく
separate-volume supplement (to)
- 各冊かくさつ
each book (volume or copy)
- 合冊がっさつ
collection in one volume
- 大冊たいさつ
large or bulky book or volume
Study
Etymology
冊 is a pictograph of bound bamboo or wooden slips used for writing in ancient times. The vertical strokes represent the individual slips, and the horizontal strokes represent the binding cords.
Meaning mnemonic
The vertical lines are the pages or slips, and the horizontal lines are the binding. Picture a stack of bound bamboo slips forming a book: 冊 is a tome or volume.
Reading mnemonic
For サツ, imagine a stack of books sitting on a shelf: the word 'sats' sounds like 'sats' in 'satsuma', but more directly, think of a 'satsu' as a bound volume, and the reading サツ is the first part of 'satsu'.