冊 - N2 Kanji

Meaning of 冊意味

tome, counter for books, volume

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冊 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI　音読み

ふみ fumi

KUNYOMI　訓読み

サツ satsu
サク saku

Examples

ポール、8冊までなら借りられるからね。

Paul, we can borrow up to 8 books.

太郎は何冊かの英会話テキストをロンドンに注文した。

Taro ordered some English conversation textbooks from London.

この辞書は１２冊ある。

This dictionary has 12 volumes.

何冊かの本が盗まれた。

A number of books were stolen.

今朝から本を３冊読んだ。

I have read three books since this morning.

彼女は１０冊も本を書いた。

She wrote as many as ten books.

部屋には１冊の本もなかった。

There wasn’t a single book in the room.

彼女は二千冊本を持っている。

She has two thousand books.

彼は毎週２０冊もの本を読む。

He reads as many as twenty books every week.

彼は３年間に３冊本を書いた。

He wrote three books in as many years.

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