册 (cè) is a Chinese character meaning “a bound volume”. It is written from ⺆ (upright frame component: a slanted left stroke plus a horizontal-turning hook) and ⺆ (upright frame component: a slanted left stroke plus a horizontal-turning hook) and 一 (one), and takes 5 strokes.
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Structure
⺆ + ⺆ + 一
Overlapping structure
- ⺆ upright frame component: a slanted left stroke plus a horizontal-turning hook unknown
- ⺆ upright frame component: a slanted left stroke plus a horizontal-turning hook unknown
- 一 one · yī unknown
Structure from: Unicode U+518C; modern glyph decomposition candidate checked against hanzi-writer-data 2.0.1 stroke geometry
Memory aid
Two upright bamboo panels (⺆ ⺆) side by side, with one cord (一) running straight through both — a bundle you can read: a volume.
This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.
Stroke order
5 strokes
In real words
- 手册shǒu cèhandbook; manual册 = cè
- 画册huà cèpicture album; illustrated book册 = cè
- 注册zhù cèto register; to sign up册 = cè
Go deeper
All readings
volume; booklet
a bound volume; a booklet; measure word for books and copies
装订好的本子；也作书本的量词。 — studyhanzi 编写
Words with this reading
- 手册shǒu cèhandbook; manual册 = cè
- 画册huà cèpicture album; illustrated book册 = cè
- 注册zhù cèto register; to sign up册 = cè
Stroke data: hanzi-writer-data (Arphic Public License) · licenses & attributions
Questions people ask about this character
What does 册 mean?
册 (cè) means a bound volume; a booklet; measure word for books and copies.
How do you pronounce 册?
It is pronounced cè.
What parts is 册 made of?
⺆ (upright frame component: a slanted left stroke plus a horizontal-turning hook) and ⺆ (upright frame component: a slanted left stroke plus a horizontal-turning hook) and 一 (one). The recorded source is: Unicode U+518C; modern glyph decomposition candidate checked against hanzi-writer-data 2.0.1 stroke geometry. Components are the building blocks of the shape; the radical used for dictionary lookup is a separate thing.
How many strokes does 册 have?
5. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 册?
冂. The radical is how the character is filed in a dictionary — it is not the whole story of how the character is built.
What words use 册?
Common ones are 手册, 画册, 注册. The reading of 册 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.