Memory phrase for the Kanji: 籍

籍

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Meaning enroll, register, membership

Pronunciation

SEKI

Explanation

Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: 耒 (tree with many branches; Here: stick with grooves for counting by making cuts), old days 昔 (Together 共 in the sun 日 thinking of old days.)

Mnemonic
 
Bamboo and cutting sticks were used in old days as a register.

Radicals

竹 bamboo
tally stick
耒 A tree with branchesShows a tree 木 with many branches.
昔 past, old times, formerTogether 共 in the sun 日 we think of the old days.
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 Vocabulary

国籍 こくせき  nationality
書籍 しょせき  book, publication
戸籍 こせき  census, family register

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