克 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

overcome, kindly, skillfully

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • コクJHS
Kun (native)
  • か(つ)
Nanori (used in names)
  • かつ
  • まさる
  • よし
Other languages
  • 拼音ke4
  • 한글geug
  • Hán-ViệtKhắc

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
儿(ひとあし)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+514B

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱古儿

Words using this kanji

  • 克服こくふく困難にこと。conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.), overcoming, surmounting, bringing under control
  • 克明こくめい細かいところまで丹念で詳細なこと。また、そのようなさま。 素直であること。実直であること。 明らかであること。detailed, scrupulous, careful, minute
  • 克己こっき自分の感情や欲望などに自身の力で打ち勝つこと。self-control, self-mastery, self-restraint, self-denial
  • 克復こくふく困難な状況を乗り越え、元の状態を取り戻すこと。restoration
  • 克鯨コククジラコククジラ科の哺乳類。北太平洋に分布し、肉は食用。gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus), grey whale
  • 克雪こくせつovercoming damage and problems caused by snow
  • 克己心こっきしん自分自身の欲望を抑え、それに打ち勝とうという気持ち。spirit of self-denial
  • 克灰袋こくはいぶくろpolyester bag for collecting volcanic ash
  • 克己復礼こっきふくれいexercising self-restraint and conforming to the rules of etiquette and formality

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-2-5
Four Corner
4021.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2k5.1
Heisig
109
Nelson
772