籍 (jí): (bound form) book, record, register, (bound form) place of one's family or ancestral records, (bound form) membership
籍 (jí) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) book.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of ⺮ (semantic) and 耤 (phonetic). It ranks #1569 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 籍 bamboo. Its radical form 竹 (bamboo) appears in many related characters such as 笑 (xiào, to laugh), 第 (dì, (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth")), 等 (děng, to wait for).
Definitions
- (bound form) book
- record
- register
- (bound form) place of one's family or ancestral records
- (bound form) membership
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 籍
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 国籍 | guó jí | nationality |
| 美籍 | měi jí | American (i.e. of US nationality) |
| 秘籍 | mì jí | rare book |
| 外籍 | wài jí | foreign (i.e. of foreign nationality) |
| 入籍 | rù jí | to become naturalized |
| 学籍 | xué jí | registration as a current student |
| 户籍 | hù jí | census register |
| 原籍 | yuán jí | ancestral home (town) |
| 籍贯 | jí guàn | one's ancestral home (registered place of family origin, typically inherited patrilineally and recorded in official d... |
| 古籍 | gǔ jí | ancient text |
| 祖籍 | zǔ jí | ancestral hometown |
| 典籍 | diǎn jí | ancient books or records |
| 党籍 | dǎng jí | party membership |
| 多重国籍 | duō chóng guó jí | dual nationality |
| 开除学籍 | kāi chú xué jí | to expel from school |
籍 appears in 45 compound words: 9 as the first character, 80 as the last, and 11 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 籍 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (5)
Example Sentences
籍字由20笔画组成，结构很巧妙。
jí zì yóu bǐ huà zǔ chéng , jié gòu hěn qiǎo miào .
The character "籍" consists of 20 strokes and features a remarkably ingenious structure.
中国籍男子涉为200人伪造日本居留证明被捕
zhōng guó jí nán zǐ shè wéi 2 0 0 rén wěi zào rì běn jū liú zhèng míng bèi bǔ
A Chinese man was arrested for forging Japanese residence certificates for 200 people
乐天女孩拼了!传升级韩籍啦啦队6本柱 规模称霸联盟剑指天花板
lè tiān nǚ hái pīn le ! chuán shēng jí hán jí lā lā duì 6 běn zhù guī mó chèn bà lián méng jiàn zhǐ tiān huā bǎn
Lotte girls fight! Pass and upgrade the Korean cheerleading team 6 pillars to dominate the league on a large scale
韩籍“六本柱”成形!乐天女孩补齐6外援
hán jí liù běn zhù chéng xíng ! lè tiān nǚ hái bǔ qí 6 wài yuán
The "six pillars" of Korean nationality have taken shape! Lotte girls make up for 6 foreign aid
乐天女孩抛震撼弹!韩籍“六本柱”成形 一次补齐6外援冲回天花板
lè tiān nǚ hái pāo zhèn hàn dàn ! hán jí liù běn zhù chéng xíng yī cì bǔ qí 6 wài yuán chōng huí tiān huā bǎn
Lotte girls throw shock bombs! The Korean "six pillars" took shape, and 6 foreign aid rushed back to the ceiling at a time
纾解收假日金门候补人潮 军机、国籍航空协助载客
纾 jiě shōu jiǎ rì jīn mén hòu bǔ rén cháo jūn jī , guó jí háng kōng xié zhù zài kè
Relieve the waiting crowd in Kinmen during holidays Military aircraft and national aviation assist in carrying passengers
到目前为止，你认为你阅读过多少书籍？
Dào mùqián wéi zhǐ, nǐ rènwéi nǐ yuèdú guo duōshǎo shūjí?
How many books do you think you've read so far?
我对外籍员工没有偏见。
Wǒ duì wàijí yuángōng méiyǒu piānjiàn.
I don't have a prejudice against foreign workers.
他有很多历史书籍。
Tā yǒu hěn duō lìshǐ shūjí.
He has a lot of books on history.
这家公司不分种族、宗教或国籍雇用人。
Zhè jiā gōngsī bù fēn zhǒngzú, zōngjiào huò guójí gùyòng rén.
That company hires people without regard to race, religion, or nationality.
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