籍 meaning and stroke order
Register, record, list, census
How to write 籍, stroke by stroke
20 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 籍
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- (bound form) book; record; register
- (bound form) place of one's family or ancestral records
- (bound form) membership
How 籍 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Bamboo.
⺮ gives the meaning and 耤 hints at the sound.
Radical: ⺮ (bamboo), shared by 149 characters on this site.
How to remember 籍
The top ⺮ means bamboo, because early Chinese records were written on bamboo strips. The bottom 耤 (jí) gives the sound, so think of a bamboo register that lists who belongs where.
籍 rarely stands alone and appears in words about records, books, and belonging, such as 国籍 (guójí) nationality, 书籍 (shūjí) books, and 祖籍 (zǔjí) ancestral hometown. Example: 你的国籍是什么？(Nǐ de guójí shì shénme?) What is your nationality?
Common mistake: Learners often confuse 籍 with 藉 (jiè or jí), which has the grass radical 艹 instead of bamboo ⺮ and appears in 慰藉 (wèijiè) comfort and 狼藉 (lángjí) a mess. If the word is about records, books, or nationality, use the bamboo top.
Common words with 籍
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
籍 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 籍
How many strokes are in 籍?
籍 is written with 20 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 籍 mean?
籍 (jí) means register, record, list, census. A common word with it is 国籍 (guójí), meaning "nationality".
How do you pronounce 籍?
籍 is pronounced jí, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 籍?
The radical of 籍 is ⺮, which carries the idea of "bamboo". Dictionaries list 籍 under this radical.
Is 籍 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 籍 is part of the HSK 5 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard.
What is the difference between 国籍 and 籍贯?
国籍 (guójí) is your legal nationality, the country you are a citizen of. 籍贯 (jíguàn) is your family's place of origin within China, often your father's hometown, and it appears on Chinese forms and ID records.
Why does 秘籍 mean cheat code?
秘籍 (mìjí) literally means a secret book, like a martial arts manual in kung fu novels that teaches hidden skills. Gamers borrowed it for cheat codes and guides, and people now use it for any insider tips, as in 学习秘籍 (xuéxí mìjí) study secrets.