12 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 4th grade
JLPT exam level N3

memorize, learn, remember, awake, sober up

Kun'yomi
  • to memorize ②to learn ③to feel ④to think
  • to awaken ②to bring to one's senses ③to sober up ④to dampen
  • to wake ②to become sober ③to come to one's senses
  • to perceive ②to understand ③to attain enlightenment
On'yomi
  • カク

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

カク 37.6%
おぼえる 37.3%
ますめる 25.0%
さと 0.1%

Character Breakdown

memorize, learn, remember
カク おぼ.える さ.ます (4th, N3)
to learn(𦥯) variant
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
see, hopes, chances
み.る ケン (1st, N5)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)

Contained In

Common Words

to memorize ②to learn ③to feel ④to think
readiness ②resolution ③resignation (to one's fate)
to wake up ②to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.) ③to come to one's senses
to awaken ②to bring to one's senses ③to sober up ④to dampen
waking up ②disillusion
self-consciousness
memory (of having seen something or someone before)
learning by ear ②memory of having heard something before
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References

Unicode hex code 899A
JIS X 0208 1-19-48
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4288
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5529
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2604
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3217
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Morohashi Daikanwajiten 34846
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Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 605
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 615
Sakade, F. A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 363
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 889
Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. 463
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 581
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 208
AJLT Japanese For Busy People vols I-III 3.15
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1646
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 331
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3n9.3
Four corner code 3221.6
De Roo Code 957