책
chaek
hanja 冊
book
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
Syllable → jamo breakdown (RR romanization)
책
ㅊchinitial+ㅐaemedial+ㄱkfinal
册Tome
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Examples
- 저는 책을 많이 읽어요.I read a lot of books.
- 이 책이 정말 재미있어요.This book is really interesting.
Collocations
책을 읽다책을 사다책상
Mnemonic
chaek (冊) "book" is a single-character Sino-Korean word; the hanja 冊 itself pictures bamboo slips bound by a cord — an ancient book. Books are counted with the native counter -gwon: chaek han gwon (one book).
Quick check
What does the hanja 冊 originally depict?