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覚

Kanji 覚: meaning "memorize, awake", readings, stroke order

The kanji 覚 means "memorize, awake". On'yomi: カク; kun'yomi: おぼえる、さます、さめる. JLPT N2 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
memorize, awake
On'yomi
カク
Kun'yomi
おぼえるさますさめる
Strokes
12
Level
JLPT N2
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)
Old form
覺 旧字体: the form used before 1946, still seen in names and older texts.

Words with 覚

  • 覚える おぼえる — To memorize
  • 覚える おぼえる — To memorize / remember
  • 覚ます さます — to awaken
  • 覚める さめる — to wake, to wake up
  • 覚悟 かくご — resolution, resignation, readiness
  • 感覚 かんかく — sense, sensation
  • 視覚 しかく — sense of sight, vision
  • 目覚し めざまし — alarm-clock
  • 錯覚 さっかく — Illusion
  • 自覚 じかく — self-conscious
  • 覚え おぼえ — memory, sense, experience
  • 聴覚 ちょうかく — the sense of hearing

Stroke order · 12 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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