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籍

jí

HSK 4 Character

What 籍 means

1. bound formbook; record; register
2. bound formplace of one's family or ancestral records
3. bound formmembership

Other readings

籍 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Jísurname Ji

Example sentences

• 我们喜欢阅读书籍。
  We enjoy reading books.
• 他有很多历史书籍。
  He has a lot of books on history.
• 几乎没有任何书籍。
  There are almost no books.
• 尽可能地多阅读书籍。
  Read as much as possible.
• 我们真正的国籍是人类。
  Wǒmen zhēnzhèng de guójí shì rénlèi.
  Our true nationality is mankind.
• 我对外籍员工没有偏见。
  Wǒ duì wàijí yuángōng méiyǒu piānjiàn.
  I don't have a prejudice against foreign workers.

Words starting with 籍

• 籍贯jí guànone's ancestral home…
• 籍没jí mò(literary) (of the government) to register and confiscate (sb's property)
• 籍籍jí jínoisy; of high reputation; intricate
• 籍籍无名jí jí wú míngunknown; unrenowned

Words containing 籍

• 国籍guó jínationality
• 书籍shū jíbooks; works
• 外籍wài jíforeign (i.e. of foreign nationality)
• 户籍hù jícensus register; household register
• 双重国籍shuāng chóng guó jídual citizenship
• 古籍gǔ jíancient text; antique books
• 美籍Měi jíAmerican (i.e. of US nationality)
• 原籍yuán jíancestral home (town); birthplace
• 祖籍zǔ jíancestral hometown; original domicile (and civil registration)
• 典籍diǎn jíancient books or records
• 学籍xué jíregistration as a current student
• 党籍dǎng jíparty membership
• 入籍rù jíto become naturalized; to become a citizen
• 史籍shǐ jíhistorical records
• 名籍míng jíregister of names; roll
• 地籍dì jícadaster
• 张籍Zhāng JíZhang Ji (767-830), Tang Dynasty poet
• 承籍chéng jíto inherit a rank (from a predecessor)
• 会籍huì jímembership (of a club etc)
• 球籍qiú jí(a nation's or an individual's) citizenship of the planet
• 秘籍mì jírare book; cheat code (video games)
• 经籍jīng jíreligious text
• 船籍chuán jíship's registry
• 落籍luò jíto settle in (a place); to take up permanent residence…

Characters built on 竹

These share the phonetic component 竹 (zhú), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 第dì(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六…
• 笛díflute
• 篱lía fence
• 笠lìbamboo rain hat
• 笞chīto whip with bamboo strips
• 篪chíbamboo flute with 7 or 8 holes
• 笈jítrunks (for books)
• 箕jīwinnow basket

Characters that look like 籍

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 攀pānto climb (by pulling oneself up); to implicate; to claim connections of higher status
• 蘑mómushroom
• 赣Gànvariant of 赣
• 霹pīused in 霹雳
• 簸bǒto winnow; to toss up and down
• 籁làia sound; a noise; musical pipe with 3 reeds

Sounds the same

Read jí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 及and; to reach; up to
• 即namely; that is; i.e.
• 极extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost
• 级level; grade; rank
• 急urgent; pressing; rapid
• 集to gather; to collect; collected works
• 辑to gather up; to collect; to edit
• 吉lucky; giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)
• 疾(bound form) disease; ailment; (bound form) swift; (literary) to hate; to abhor
• 嫉jealousy; to be jealous of
• 笈trunks (for books)
• 藉(literary) to tread on; to insult; used in 狼藉