簿

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a book; a register; account-book

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

⺮ meaning “bamboo” + 溥 sound ( pǔ )

Components ⺮溥

register · Heisig RSH #2800

竹 bamboo + 水 water + gummed label

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
户口名簿	hù kǒu míng bù	(Tw) household registration certificate (identity document)
对簿公堂	duì bù gōng táng	public courtroom accusation (idiom); legal confrontation; to take sb to court; to sue
电话簿	diàn huà bù	telephone directory
记事簿	jì shì bù	a memo book (recording events)
烟花簿	yān huā bù	catalog of prostitutes (esp. in Yuan theater)
户口簿	hù kǒu bù	household register
留言簿	liú yán bù	visitor's book; CL:本[ben3]
功劳簿	gōng láo bù	record of achievements; (fig.) laurels (as sth one rests on)
簿子	bù zi	notebook; book
支票簿	zhī piào bù	checkbook (banking)
面簿	Miàn bù	(mainly Singapore) Facebook
主簿	zhǔ bù	official registrar (of a county etc) in imperial China
相簿	xiàng bù	photo album
联络簿	lián luò bù	contact book
对簿	duì bù	to confront sb with accusation; written charge in court (in former times); to take sb to c…
集邮簿	jí yóu bù	stamp album; CL:本[ben3],冊\|册[ce4],部[bu4]
拍纸簿	pāi zhǐ bù	writing pad
簿记	bù jì	bookkeeping
考勤簿	kǎo qín bù	attendance record book
存簿	cún bù	savings book; bank account passbook

Characters sharing the sound component 溥 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
溥 sound part	pǔ	big, great, vast; extensive, pervading, widespread
薄	báo	thin, slight; meager, weak; poor, stingy