冊
부수: 冂
획수: 5획
冊 simply means ‘book’.
冊 = 冊
X = semantic
• 冊 depicts bamboo slips tied together. These were used for writing documents before the invention of paper.
Evolution:
冊 = ’bound bamboo slips’ ➔ ’book’ ➔ ’volume’
Mnemonic
Look at the historical forms and see how 冊 depicts bamboo scrolls tied together. In a similar way, a book 冊 is made of papers bound together.
Vocab
| 冊 | 책 | book; volume |
| 冊子 | 책자 | pamphlet, booklet; brochure |
| 空冊 | 공책 | notebook |
| 童話冊 | 동화책 | storybook; fairy tale book |
| 分冊 | 분책 | book in separate volumes |
| 冊房 | 책방 | bookstore |
| 書冊 | 서책 | books; publications |
| 冊床 | 책상 | desk; table |
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Bibliography
— Grant, B.K. (1982). A Guide To Korean Characters: Reading and Writing Hangul and Hanja, [s.v. 126]. Seoul: Hollym.
— Henshall, K.G. (1998). A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters, [s.v. 874]. Singapore: Tuttle Publishing.
— Outlier Dictionary of Chinese Characters, [s.v. 冊].
— Seely, C., Henshall, K.G., & Fan, J. (2016). The Complete Guide to Japanese Kanji: Remembering and Understanding the 2,136 Standard Japanese Characters, [s.v. 884]. Singapore: Tuttle Publishing.