family register; domicile
Refers to one's official family registry or registered domicile in Japan. Often used in legal or administrative contexts.
He is still officially enrolled at this university.
He has his domicile registered in Tokyo.
You need to obtain a copy of your family register.
Used as a suffix to indicate nationality, e.g., 日本籍 (Japanese nationality).
He acquired Japanese nationality.
Used as a suffix to indicate membership in a group, club, or party, e.g., 党籍 (party membership).
He left the party (membership).
She had her name removed from the family register right after the divorce.
On getting married, she transferred her family register to her husband's hometown.
国籍 is the everyday word for 'nationality,' while 籍 functions as a formal suffix (e.g. 日本籍) to express the same idea.
在籍 is a verbal noun meaning 'to be enrolled/registered,' while 籍 is the noun denoting the membership or registration itself.
本籍 names one's permanent registered domicile specifically, whereas 籍 is the broader term covering registration in general.
籍 (registration/membership) and 席 (a seat) share the same reading せき but have completely unrelated meanings.
book; publication
nationality; citizenship · nationality (of a ship/aircraft); registration; flag
enrollment; registration; membership
family register transfer; legal transfer of name · transfer (to another team, company, etc.); change of affiliation
family register; household registry · census; population register
register in a family register; have one's name entered in a family register
registered domicile; legal domicile
removal from a register; striking a name from a roll · expulsion; removal from school rolls · decommissioning; removal from service register
ship's nationality; country of registration
The kanji 籍 originally relates to records and registers. The word せき is a Sino-Japanese reading used in compounds and as a suffix.
transfer of permanent domicile; moving one's family register · transfer of school register; moving to another school
necrology; roster of the dead
Chinese book; Chinese classics
school register; student enrollment record
books; writings; classical texts
land register; cadastre
priesthood registry; Buddhist monk register
party membership; party register
military register; military roll
establishing a separate family register; removing oneself from the parents' family register
register of physicians; medical register
original domicile; permanent address
historical works; annals
reinstatement in family register; return to original family register · reenrollment; re-registration (in a school)
church membership; church register
family register status; class and legal domicile