冊 – tome, counter for books, volume

5 strokesTaught in grade 6#1313 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 冊 means tome, counter for books, volume. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is サツ、サク (satsu, saku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ふみ (fumi). It is written with 5 strokes, under radical 冂 (no. 13).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	サツ	satsu
On’yomi	サク	saku
Kun’yomi	ふみ	fumi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 冂 (Kangxi radical 13). Components: ｜・一・亅・冂・廾.

Words using 冊

冊さつcounter for books

Example sentences

ポール、8冊までなら借りられるからね。

Paul, we can borrow up to 8 books.

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太郎は何冊かの英会話テキストをロンドンに注文した。

Taro ordered some English conversation textbooks from London.

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Kanji with the same radical

内円再冒

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.