漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
覚: memorize, learn
Also: remember, awake, sober up
JLPT N312 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met
- 𦥯(sound)
- 見to see(meaning)
見 carries the meaning · 𦥯 gives the sound
12 strokes
Four readings, and the words that use each
カクkaku · on'yomi · in compounds
- 感覚かんかくsense, sensation
- 覚悟するかくごするprepare, steel oneself
- 知覚するちかくするperceive
- 自覚するじかくするbecome aware of oneself
- 発覚するはっかくするcome to light
おぼえるoboeru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 覚えるおぼえるremember, memorize
さますsamasu · kun'yomi
- 覚ますさますawaken [v.t.]
さめるsameru · kun'yomi
- 覚めるさめるwake up [v.i.]
Also read さとる, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“I see you clearly! This radical represents the active, conscious act of looking at the world.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side覚 memorize · 𦥯 + 見
vs寛 tolerant · 宀 + 莧In ChineseSimplified 觉 · traditional 覺 · jué
Three different forms: Japanese 覚, simplified 觉, traditional 覺.
- Simplified
- 觉 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 覺 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jué 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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