# 冊

| 冊 | U+518A, &#20874; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-518A |
| ← 冉 [U+5189] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 冋 → [U+518B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

冊 (Kangxi radical 13, 冂+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 月廿 (BT) or 難月廿 (XBT), four-corner 7744$_0$, composition ⿻冂卄 or ⿻𦉫一)
* Shuowen Jiezi radical №44

#### Derived characters

* 姍, 柵, 𣧱, 𦙱, 𪑃, 刪, 𠂨, 𣫳, 𣌧, 𭇒, 𮟰
* 珊, 粣, 跚, 銏, 笧 (For all regions except mainland China and Vietnamese Nom characters which contain 册 instead. Exception: Korean 跚 contains 册) - See Han unification

#### Related characters

* 册 (Variant form used in simplified Chinese and Vietnamese Nom)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 129, character 1
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1515
* Dae Jaweon: page 289, character 20
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 99, character 5
* Unihan data for U+518A

## Chinese

* 冊 (Classical)
* chheh (Southern Min)

### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 冊 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script |
| Oracle bone scriptj04541j04542j04543j04544j04545j04546j04547j04548j04549j04550Bronze inscriptionsb02679b02680b02681b02682b02683b02684b02685b02686b02687b02688b02689b02690b02691b02692b02693b02694b02695b02696b02697b02698b02699b02700b02701b02702b02703b02704b02705b02706b02707b02708b02709b02710b02711b02712b02713b02714b02715b02716b02717b02718b02719b02720b02721b02722b02723b02724b02725b02726b02727b02728b02729b02730b02731b02732b02733b02734Transcribed ancient scriptsL38181L38182L38183L27838L27839L27841L27842L27843L27844L27845L27846L27847L27848L27849L27850L27851 |||
| References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script). |||
| | Old Chinese |
| 栅 | *sʰraːɡ, *sʰreːɡ, *sraːns |
| 冊 | *sʰreːɡ |
| 笧 | *sʰreːɡ |
Pictogram (象形) – bamboo slips strung together. See also 侖, 扁, and 典. Similar but unrelated to 龠. The contemporary stylized form 册 is unrelated to 朋.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): cè (ce$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄘㄜˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): caak$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhak
    (Hailu, HRS): cag
    (Meixian, Guangdong): cag$^5$
* Eastern Min (BUC): cháik / cháh
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ca$^5$ / ceh$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chheh / chheeh / seh / chhek / chhiak
    (Teochew, Peng'im): cêh$^4$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): ce$^7$ / ceg$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$tshaq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cè
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cè
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻê$^4$
*** Yale: tsè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tseh
*** Palladius: цэ (cɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɤ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: caak$^3$
*** Yale: chaak
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsaak$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cag$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaːk̚³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhak
*** Hakka Romanization System: cag$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: cag$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰak̚²/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: cag
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰak⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: cag$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰak̚¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cháik / cháh
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaiʔ²⁴/, /t͡sʰɑʔ²⁴/
* cháik - literary;
* cháh - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: tsrheak
Rime :
| Character | 冊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 初 (19) |
| Final (韻) | 麥 (119) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 楚革切 |
| Baxter | tsrheak |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ʃʰˠɛk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈ͡ʂʰᵚæk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ʃʰɐk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈ͡ʂʰəɨjk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ʃʰɛk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ʃʰæk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʈ͡ʂʰæk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | che |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cak$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[tsʰ](ˤ)rek/
    (Zhengzhang): /*sʰreːɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 冊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | cè |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsrhɛk › |
| Old Chinese | /*[tsʰ](ˁ)rek/ |
| English | tablet, records |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 冊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 1167 |
| Phonetic component | 册 |
| Rime group | 錫 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 策 |
| Old Chinese | /*sʰreːɡ/ |

### Definitions

冊
* (literary or Southern and Puxian Min) book
* volume
* imperial edict
* to grant in an imperial edict
    冊立／册立 ― cèlì ― to hold a coronation ceremony
* Classifier for books.
* (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to organize and stack neatly

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 書 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 書, 書本 collective, 書籍 collective, 書冊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 書 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 書 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 書 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 書 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 書 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 書 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 書 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 書 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 書 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 書 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 書 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 書 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 書 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 書 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 書, 書些 collective |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 書 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 書 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 書 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 書 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 書 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 書 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 書 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 書 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 書 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 書, 冊子 euphemistic |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 書 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 書 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 書 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 書 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 書 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 書 |
| Cantonese | Taishan (Guanghai) | 書 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 書 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 書 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 書 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 書 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 書 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 書 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 書 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 書 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 書 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 書 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 書 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 書 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 書 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 書 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 書 |
| Cantonese | Mandalay (Taishan) | 書 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 書 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 書 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 書 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 書 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 書 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 書 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 書 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 書 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 書 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 書 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 書 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 書 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 書 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 書 |
| Jin | Liangcheng | 書 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 書 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 書 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 書 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 書 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 書 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 書 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 書 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 書 |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 書 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 書 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 書 |
| Eastern Min | Luoyuan | 書 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 書 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 書 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 書 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 書 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 書 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 書 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 書冊, 書 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 冊, 書冊 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 冊, 書, 書冊 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 冊 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 冊, 書 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 冊 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 冊 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 書 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 書 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 冊 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 冊 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 書 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 冊 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 冊 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 冊 |
| Southern Min | Medan (Hokkien) | 冊 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 書冊 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 冊 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 冊 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 書 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 書 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 書, 書冊 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 書, 書冊 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 冊 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 書 |
| Southern Min | Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 書 |
| Southern Min | Hat Yai (Teochew) | 書 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 書, 冊 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 書 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 冊 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 冊 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 冊 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 冊 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 冊 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 冊 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 冊 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 冊 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 冊 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 冊 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 冊 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 書 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 書 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 書 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 書 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 書 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 書 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 書 |
| Wu | Danyang | 書 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 書 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 書 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 書 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 書 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 書 |
| Xiang | Xiangxiang | 書 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 書 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 書 |

#### See also

* 書／书 (shū)

### Compounds

* 丁口冊 / 丁口册
* 人手一冊 / 人手一册
* 兔園冊 / 兔园册
* 冊亭 / 册亭 (Min Nan)
* 冊仔 / 册仔 (Min Nan)
* 冊仔紙 / 册仔纸 (Min Nan)
* 冊包 / 册包 (Min Nan)
* 冊命 / 册命
* 冊囊 / 册囊 (Min Nan)
* 冊子 / 册子 (cèzi)
* 冊封 / 册封 (cèfēng)
* 冊店 / 册店 (Min Nan)
* 冊府 / 册府
* 冊府元龜 / 册府元龟
* 冊庫 / 册库 (Min Nan)
* 冊房 / 册房 (Min Nan)
* 冊書 / 册书
* 冊橐仔 / 册橐仔 (Min Nan)
* 冊正 / 册正
* 冊皮 / 册皮 (Min Nan)
* 冊立 / 册立 (cèlì)
* 冊籍 / 册籍
* 冊籤 / 册签 (Min Nan)
* 冊紙 / 册纸 (Min Nan)
* 冊葉 / 册叶 (cèyè)
* 冊頁 / 册页 (cèyè)
* 分冊 / 分册 (fēncè)
* 列冊 / 列册
* 副冊 / 副册
* 參考冊 / 参考册 (chham-khó-chheh) (Min Nan)
* 史冊 / 史册 (shǐcè)
* 古冊 / 古册 (kó͘-chheh) (Min Nan)
* 名冊 / 名册 (míngcè)
* 哀冊 / 哀册
* 四柱冊 / 四柱册
* 圖冊 / 图册 (túcè)
* 小冊子 / 小册子 (xiǎocèzi)
* 尪仔冊 / 尪仔册 (ang-á-chheh) (Min Nan)
* 帳冊 / 帐册
* 底冊 / 底册
* 手冊 / 手册 (shǒucè)
* 捐冊 / 捐册
* 教冊 / 教册 (kà-chheh) (Min Nan)
* 方冊 / 方册 (fāngcè)
* 旅遊手冊 / 旅游手册
* 書冊 / 书册 (shūcè)
* 樣冊子 / 样册子
* 檔冊 / 档册
* 清冊 / 清册
* 照冊 / 照册 (Zhàocè)
* 留言冊 / 留言册
* 畫冊 / 画册 (huàcè)
* 符冊 / 符册 (fúcè)
* 簡冊 / 简册 (jiǎncè)
* 簿冊 / 簿册 (bùcè)
* 紀念冊 / 纪念册 (jìniàncè)
* 羊冊 / 羊册 (Yángcè)
* 花名冊 / 花名册 (huāmíngcè)
* 註冊 / 注册 (zhùcè)
* 註冊商標 / 注册商标 (zhùcè shāngbiāo)
* 讀冊 / 读册 (tha̍k-chheh) (Min Nan)
* 長冊 / 长册
* 高文典冊 / 高文典册
* 高文大冊 / 高文大册
* 魚鱗圖冊 / 鱼鳞图册
* 黃冊 / 黄册
* 點名冊 / 点名册

### Further reading

* “Entry #1322”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
* “冊”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 冊 |
| Kyūjitai | 册 |

### Kanji

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 册)

#### Readings

* Go-on: しゃく (shaku)
* Kan-on: さく (saku, Jōyō)
* Kan’yō-on: さつ (satsu, Jōyō)
* Kun: ふみ (fumi, 冊)

### Counter

冊(さつ) • (-satsu)
* books
    世(せ)界(かい)を変(か)えた10(じゅう)冊(さつ)の本(ほん)
       Sekai o Kaeta Jū-satsu no Hon
       10 Books that Changed the World

### References

* “冊”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 冊 (MC tsrheak).
Historical Readings :
| Dongguk Jeongun Reading |||
| Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 | ᄎᆡᆨ〮 (Yale: chóyk) | ᄎᆡᆨ〮 (Yale: chóyk) |
| Middle Korean |||
| Text | Eumhun | Eumhun |
| Text | Gloss (hun) | Reading |
| Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 | ᄎᆡᆨ〮 (Yale: chóyk) | ᄎᆡᆨ〮 (Yale: chóyk) |

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [t͡ɕʰɛk̚] ~ [t͡ɕʰe̞k̚]
* Phonetic hangul: [책/첵]

### Hanja

Wikisource 冊 (eumhun 책 책 (chaek chaek))
* hanja form of 책 (“book”)

#### Compounds

* 공책 (空冊, gongchaek)
* 별책 (別冊, byeolchaek)
* 분책 (分冊, bunchaek)
* 서책 (書冊, seochaek)
* 책력 (冊曆, chaengnyeok)
* 책명 (冊名, chaengmyeong)
* 책방 (冊房, chaekbang)
* 책봉 (冊封, chaekbong)
* 책상 (冊床, chaeksang)
* 책자 (冊子, chaekja)
* 책장 (冊欌, chaekjang)
* 책제 (冊題, chaekje)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

冊: Hán Nôm readings: sách
* chữ Hán form of sách (“book”).