漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
格: status, rank
Also: capacity, character, case (law, grammar)
JLPT N310 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
木 carries the meaning · 各 gives the sound
10 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
カクkaku · on'yomi · in compounds
- 格かくstatus, character, case
- 格好かっこうshape, posture, appearance
- 格闘技かくとうぎhand to hand fighting sport
- 性格せいかくcharacter, personality
- 体格たいかくphysique, constitution
- 品格ひんかくdignity, grace
- 価格かかくprice, value, cost
- 資格しかくqualifications, requirements
- 格安なかくやすなcheap, reasonable
- 本格的なほんかくてきなfull-blown, regular, genuine
- 合格するごうかくするsucceed, pass [v.i.]
コウkou · on'yomi
- 格子戸こうしどlattice door
Also read キャク, ゴウ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)木 wood (meaning) + 各 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 格 (rev. 93647864), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Stand before a great, ancient tree and see 木! The vertical line is the sturdy trunk, the top strokes are branches reaching for the sunlight, and the bottom strokes are the roots gripping the earth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
各
Also built on each (各)
格 takes the 各 family's reading, カク (kaku).
Also read キャク
4 kanji share this on'yomiAlso read ゴウ
12 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side格 status · 木
vs客 guest · 宀In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · gé
Same form: 格 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 格 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 格 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin gé most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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