覚
覚 — Memorize
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On’yomiカク (kaku)
Kun’yomiおぼえる (oboeru)
Kun’yomiさます (samasu)
Kun’yomiさめる (sameru)
Kun’yomiさとる (satoru)
Stroke order (12 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 覚
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 感覚 | かんかく kankaku | sense; sensation; feeling |
| 覚悟 | かくご kakugo | readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution |
| 覚せい剤 | かくせいざい kakuseizai | stimulant (e.g. psychoactive drugs like methamphetamine, ritalin, etc.) |
| 視覚 | しかく shikaku | (sense of) sight; eyesight; vision |
| 自覚 | じかく jikaku | self-consciousness; self-awareness |
| 発覚 | はっかく hakkaku | detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light |
Study notes
覚 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 4), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #710 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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