克
克 — Overcome
overcome, kindly, skillfully
On’yomiコク (koku)
Kun’yomiかつ (katsu)
Stroke order (7 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 克
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 克服 | こくふく kokufuku | conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting |
| 克明 | こくめい kokumei | detailed; scrupulous; careful |
| 下克上 | げこくじょう gekokujou | juniors dominating seniors; inferiors overthrowing their superiors; retainer supplanting his lord |
| 相克 | そうこく soukoku | rivalry (between two irreconcilable forces); conflict; strife |
Study notes
克 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 7 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1333 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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