笈

jí

Meanings

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jí

1.trunks (for books)

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Wiktionary

1.box for storing books
2.to carry
3.books
4.record; register; list
5.hometown; place of ancestry
6.membership; affiliation
7.nationality
8.census
9.a surname

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *skʰrɯːb, *ɡrab, *ɡab, *ɡrɯb): semantic 𥫗 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 及 (OC *ɡrɯb)

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Stroke order

Components

笈⺮及

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Synonyms

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Related words

秘笈 secret book or collection of books 负笈 (literary) to leave home to pursue studies in (a distant place)