冊
さつ
hepburn satsu
counter for books
Part of speech · counter
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 本を二冊買いました。I bought two books.
- ノートが何冊ありますか。How many notebooks are there?
Collocations
冊 (satsu, book counter)一冊 (issatsu)二冊 (nisatsu)何冊 (nansatsu)十冊 (jussatsu)
Mnemonic
Satsu (冊) is "counter for books, notebooks" — B + no-cluster. Sound mutation: issatsu, hassatsu, jussatsu (gemination). Hon (本) also counts books and long thin things, but satsu is limited to books / magazines / notebooks. Korean gwon and Chinese ben / ce parallel; Japans satsu / hon split.
Quick check
Satsu vs hon?