冊

音読おんよみ: サツ

訓読くんよみ:none *

画数かくすう: 5

部首ぶしゅ: けいがまえ(冂)

Meaning

Volume / Book Counter / Booklet

  • 三冊さんさつ — three books
  • 何冊なんさつ — how many books
  • 冊数さっすう — number of books
  • 冊子さっし — booklet / pamphlet
  • 別冊べっさつ — separate volume / supplement
  • 合冊がっさつ — combined volume / omnibus

Originally a pictograph of bound slips for writing; now it marks books as units in counters like 一冊・二冊.

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