Chinese symbol for “books”
书籍
shū jí
Traditional: 書籍
books; works
The closest CC-CEDICT match for books is 书籍 (shū jí), defined as: books; works.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “books”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 图书 (圖書) | tú shū | books (in a library or bookstore); measure word: 本 (běn), 册 (cè), 部 (bù) |
| 载籍 (載籍) | zǎi jí | books (in Confucian education) |
| 芸签 (芸籤) | yún qiān | bookmark; books |
| 芸帙 | yún zhì | (old) books |
| 芸编 (芸編) | yún biān | (old) books |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 书籍.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 书记 (書記) | shū ji | secretary (head of a Communist Party or Communist Youth League organization); clerk; scribe |
| 秘书 (秘書) | mì shū | secretary |
| 图书馆 (圖書館) | tú shū guǎn | library; measure word: 家 (jiā), 个 (gè) |
| 读书 (讀書) | dú shū | to read a book; to study |
| 秘书长 (秘書長) | mì shū zhǎng | secretary-general |
| 国籍 (國籍) | guó jí | nationality |
| 外籍 | wài jí | foreign (i.e. of foreign nationality) |
| 户籍 (戶籍) | hù jí | census register; household register |
See also: Japanese symbol for “books”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.