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冊

Book Counter
Stroke count: 5

Readings

On readingサツ、サク
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 6Level 19

Meanings

  1. book Counter
  2. tomeRtK
  3. counter for books
  4. volume

Homonyms

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Same reading (さつ)
札 · banknote

Radicals and components

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Compound words

一冊いっさつ
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
冊子さっし
book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook
短冊たんざく
tanzaku; poem slip; poetry slip; long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); thin rectangle
分冊ぶんさつ
separate volume; fascicle; fascicule
別冊べっさつ
separate volume; extra issue; supplement; additional volume; supplementary volume
小冊子しょうさっし
booklet; pamphlet
１冊いっさつ
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.)
冊数さっすう
number of books
冊立さくりつ
imperial investiture
数冊すうさつ
several volumes (books)

On Reading Examples

彼は多くても５冊しか英語の本を持っていない。さつ
He has no more than five English books.tatoeba
彼は多くても１００冊しか小説を持っていない。さつ
He has not more than a hundred novels.tatoeba
彼は少なくとも月に１０冊は本を読む。さつ
He reads at least ten books a month.tatoeba
彼は少なくとも1000冊の本をもっている。さつ
He has at least one thousand books.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は多くても５冊しか英語の本を持っていない。
He has no more than five English books.tatoeba
彼は多くても１００冊しか小説を持っていない。
He has not more than a hundred novels.tatoeba
彼は少なくとも月に１０冊は本を読む。
He reads at least ten books a month.tatoeba
彼は少なくとも1000冊の本をもっている。
He has at least one thousand books.tatoeba

Stroke Order

5 strokes

Counter for books; volume. Bamboo slips tied with cord — an ancient book. 一冊 — one book.

Practice Writing

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