What is the Kanji for "Book", "Register", and "Enroll"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Book", "Register", and "Enroll", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Book", "Register", and "Enroll" is "籍".

This kanji has 1 reading:

Its onyomi reading is "Seki".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The radical "⺮" means "Bamboo" . And The component "耤" .

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "籍" mean in japanese?

"籍" means "Book", "Register", and "Enroll".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N2 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

国籍: "Nationality". The Japanese noun '国籍 (こくせき)' refers to a person's country of citizenship or membership in a particular nation. It describes the legal status of an individual in relation to their country of origin or naturalization. For example: What is your nationality? - (あなたの国籍は何ですか)? They applied for Japanese nationality - (彼らは日本の国籍を申請した).

戸籍: "Family registry". The Japanese noun '戸籍 (こせき)' refers to the official government record of a person's family registration, including their name, birthdate, parentage, and family relationships. This document is an important legal record in Japan and is required for many official procedures. For example: The family registry shows my parents' marriage date - (戸籍に両親の結婚日が記載されている). He updated his family registry after getting married - (結婚したので戸籍を更新した).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "せ" is read as "se". And The hiragana "き" is read as "ki".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.