14 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 6th grade
JLPT exam level N1

tower, tall building, palace

On'yomi
  • カク

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

カク 100.0%

Character Breakdown

tower, tall building, palace
カク (6th, N1)
gate, counter for cannons
モン かど と (2nd, N2)
each, every, either
カク おのおの かか (4th, N2)
late, delayed, winter radical (no. 34)
チ しゅう (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)

Contained In

Common Words

your Excellency
cabinet (of a government)
cabinet ministers
cabinet meeting
multistoried building
extraordinary meeting of the Cabinet
Kinkakuji (temple in Kyoto) ②The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (1956 novel by Yukio Mishima)
(Shinto) shrines and (Buddhist) temples
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government)
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References

Unicode hex code 95A3
JIS X 0208 1-19-53
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4957
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6401
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3327
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 4128
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 2098
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2841
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 1624
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1752
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 480
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1373
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 41300
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 822
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 837
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 856
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 1862
Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. 837
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 970
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 1193
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1843
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1638
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 8e6.3
Four corner code 7760.4
De Roo Code 3877