Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 籍

籍

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Meaning

 enroll, register, membership

Pronunciation

 SEKI

Explanation

 Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: 耒 (tree with many branches; Here: stick with grooves for counting by making cuts), old days 昔 (Together 共 in the sun 日 thinking of old days.)

Mnemonic

Bamboo and cutting sticks were used in old days as a register.

Radicals

竹 bamboo
tally stick
耒 A tree with branches(Shows a tree 木 with many branches. )
昔 past, old times, former(Together 共 in the sun 日 we think of the old days.)
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Vocabulary

戸籍 こせき census/family register
国籍 こくせき nationality
書籍 しょせき book, publication

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