册 (cè): book, booklet, classifier for books
册 (cè) is a Chinese character meaning “book.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), with radical 冂 (wide). It ranks #1515 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically pictographic, 册 bamboo strips 冂 tied together to form a book. Its radical form 冂 (wide) appears in many related characters such as 再 (zài, again), 最 (zuì, (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree), 内 (nèi, inside).
Definitions
- book
- booklet
- classifier for books
Etymology & Origin
pictographicBamboo strips 冂 tied together to form a book
Decomposition: ⿻⿰冂冂一 (layout: overlay)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 册
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 手册 | shǒu cè | manual |
| 小册子 | xiǎo cè zi | booklet |
| 史册 | shǐ cè | annals |
| 宣传册 | xuān chuán cè | commercial brochure |
| 名册 | míng cè | roll (of names) |
| 册子 | cè zi | a book |
| 画册 | huà cè | picture album |
| 纪念册 | jì niàn cè | commemorative album |
| 册封 | cè fēng | to confer a title upon sb |
| 注册表 | zhù cè biǎo | Windows registry |
| 图册 | tú cè | book of pictures or charts |
| 集邮册 | jí yóu cè | stamp album |
| 点名册 | diǎn míng cè | register of names |
| 注册会计师 | zhù cè kuài jì shī | certified public accountant |
| 数据手册 | shù jù shǒu cè | datasheet |
册 appears in 39 compound words: 18 as the first character, 67 as the last, and 15 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 册 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Showing 1 of 2 idioms containing 册.
Example Sentences
册字的写法很特别，让我印象深刻。
cè zì de xiě fǎ hěn tè bié , ràng wǒ yìn xiàng shēn kè .
The way the character "册" is written is quite unique and has left a deep impression on me.
配送月子餐哪家好?菜单是否由注册营养师联合妇产科医生制定
pèi sòng yuè zǐ cān nǎ jiā hǎo ? cài dān shì fǒu yóu zhù cè yíng yǎng shī lián gě fù chǎn kē yī shēng zhì dìng
Which one is the best for delivering confinement meals? Whether the menu is developed by a registered dietitian in conjunction with an obstetrician-gynecologist
镜观·领航丨续写彪炳史册的人间奇迹
jìng guàn lǐng háng 丨 xù xiě 彪 炳 shǐ cè de rén jiān qí jì
Mirror View Pilot丨Continue to write the miracle of the world in the annals of history
据报字节跳动在内蒙古新设三家科企 注册资本共28亿人币
jù bào zì jié tiào dòng zài nèi méng gǔ xīn shè sān jiā kē qǐ zhù cè zī běn gòng 2 8 yì rén bì
It is reported that ByteDance has set up three new technology enterprises in Inner Mongolia with a registered capital of 2.8 billion yuan
军校成长相册丨纸短情长,家书见证学员成长
jūn jiào chéng cháng xiāng cè 丨 zhǐ duǎn qíng cháng , jiā shū jiàn zhèng xué yuán chéng cháng
Military Academy Growth Album丨The paper is short and the love is long, and the family letter witnesses the growth of the cadets
中国观光巴士坠湖酿8死 旅团业者未注册
zhōng guó guàn guāng bā shì zhuì hú niàng 8 sǐ lǚ tuán yè zhě wèi zhù cè
China's sightseeing bus fell into the lake and caused 8 deaths, and the tour operator was not registered
我注册了，现在该干什么呢？
Wǒ zhùcè le, xiànzài gāi gànshénme ne?
What do I have to do now that I'm registered?
请您在登记册上签名好吗？
Qǐng nín zài dēngjì cè shàng qiānmíng hǎo ma?
Could you please sign the register?
你能寄宣传册给我吗？
Nǐ néng jì xuānchuáncè gěi wǒ ma?
Could you send me a brochure?
这个图书馆有超过50000册书。
Zhège túshūguǎn yǒu chāoguò 50000 cè shū.
This library has more than 50,000 books.
Character Family
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