Kanji
籍
N2
20 strokes
Grade 8
freq #907
enroll, domiciliary register, membership
On'yomi (音読み)
セキ
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
国籍
こくせき
nationality; citizenship
書籍
しょせき
book; publication
移籍
いせき
transfer (of one's name into another family register)
戸籍
こせき
family register
籍
せき
one's family register; one's domicile
船籍
せんせき
ship's nationality; ship's country of registration
在籍
ざいせき
being enrolled (at a school); being registered
党籍
とうせき
party membership; party register
本籍
ほんせき
one's registered domicile (as recorded in the family register); one's legal domicile (as opposed to where one lives)
無国籍
むこくせき
statelessness
Example sentences
彼（かれ）の国籍（こくせき）はどこですか。
What is his nationality?
彼（かれ）には国籍（こくせき）が不利（ふり）に働（はたら）いた。
His nationality counted against him.
書籍（しょせき）が学問（がくもん）に従（したが）うべく、学問（がくもん）が書籍（しょせき）に従（したが）うべからず。
Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
自然（しぜん）と書籍（しょせき）はそれを見（み）る眼（まなこ）のものだ。
Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.