Chinese Character Wiki
冊

cè

book

Pictograph of strips of bamboo strung together. In ancient China writing was done on bamboo strips.

Evolution

冊 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
冊 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
冊 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
冊 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
冊 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

册 (冊) 

cè

book, volume; book; booklet; classifier for books

Most common words with 冊
Freq.
Word
Meaning

注册

to register

手册

manual

册

book

相册

photo album

小册子

booklet

Component uses

Meaning component in 3 characters (1 verified)

侖 刪 柵

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

柵

Iconic component in 3 characters (3 verified)

典 扁 嗣

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 14.6724% of movies

1757th most common character in movies

1525th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Simplified

册

Unicode

U+518A

Shuowen

“冊，符命也，諸矦進受于王也。象其札一長一短，中有二編之形。笧，古文从竹。”


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