册

Tap the pinyin to hear it

book; booklet; classifier for books

Sound it out + =

Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

Pictograph (象形字)

Bamboo strips 冂 tied together to form a book

Components 冂 ×2 一

Vol. · Heisig RSH #2782

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
小册子	xiǎo cè zi	booklet; pamphlet; leaflet; information sheet; menu; CL:本[ben3]
注册会计师	zhù cè kuài jì shī	certified public accountant
点名册	diǎn míng cè	register of names; attendance roll book
地图册	dì tú cè	atlas
数据手册	shù jù shǒu cè	datasheet
记事册	jì shì cè	notebook containing a record
注册商标	zhù cè shāng biāo	registered trademark
载入史册	zǎi rù shǐ cè	to be recorded in history; to go down in history
注册人	zhù cè rén	registrant
册子	cè zi	a book; a volume
手册	shǒu cè	manual; handbook
分册	fēn cè	fascicle; volume (of a book)
相册	xiàng cè	photo album
方册	fāng cè	ancient books and volumes; classical writings
名册	míng cè	roll (of names); register; CL:本[ben3]
注册表	zhù cè biǎo	Windows registry
清册	qīng cè	detailed list; inventory
域名注册	yù míng zhù cè	domain name registration
图册	tú cè	book of pictures or charts; (math.) atlas
宣传册	xuān chuán cè	commercial brochure; advertising pamphlet; flyer

These characters use 册 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
册 sound part	cè	book, volume, register, list
珊	shān	coral
跚	shān	to stagger, to limp
姗	shān	to slander, to ridicule; to go slowly; graceful