冊
サツ, サク, ふみ

tome, counter for books, volume

JLPT2 G6 S5 F1313

A depiction of a profusion of slender, inscribed bamboo slats of irregular length, bound with a cord → *book*; *counter* (for books/magazines etc.) (← bamboo and wood as writing mediums). Note a variant form 册.

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