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籍

enroll, domiciliary register, membership

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 1,000Strokes20

Readings

On'yomi

  • セキ

Kun'yomi

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Meaning

籍 centers on being formally recorded in a list or register: enrolling in a group, holding membership, or having one's name in an official domiciliary register.

Most common words using 籍

20 of 103
  • 書籍しょせき
    N2

    book; publication

  • 国籍こくせき
    N2

    nationality; citizenship

  • 在籍ざいせき
    N1

    being enrolled (at a school); being registered; being a member (of a team, organization, etc.)

  • 移籍いせき

    transfer (of one's name into another family register)

  • 籍せき

    one's family register; one's domicile

  • 戸籍こせき
    N1

    family register

  • 入籍にゅうせき
    N1

    registering (a marriage, etc.) in the family register

  • 本籍ほんせき

    one's registered domicile (as recorded in the family register); one's legal domicile (as opposed to where one lives)

  • 除籍じょせき

    removing a name

  • 船籍せんせき

    ship's nationality; ship's country of registration

  • 転籍てんせき

    transfer of permanent domicile (as recorded in the family register)

  • 鬼籍きせき

    necrology; roster of the dead

  • 漢籍かんせき

    Chinese book; Chinese classics

  • 学籍がくせき

    school register

  • 典籍てんせき

    books; writings

  • 地籍ちせき

    land register

  • 党籍とうせき

    party membership; party register

  • 戸籍謄本こせきとうほん

    official copy of the family register

  • 無国籍むこくせき

    statelessness

  • 僧籍そうせき

    priesthood registry

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Etymology

籍 combines 竹 (bamboo) with 耤, which likely contributes the sound. Historically, bamboo strips were used for writing records, so 竹 suggests a written register or list.

Meaning mnemonic

The top 竹 represents bamboo slips used for record-keeping. The bottom 耤 looks like a complex ledger. Together, they show a bamboo register where names are enrolled.

Reading mnemonic

For セキ, imagine a secretary (セキ) carefully writing your name in the bamboo register: secretary -> セキ, and you are now enrolled.