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Kanji Detail for 克 - "to overcome"

克

  • Meaning

    克 means "to overcome." Also associated with well, to be good at.

    1. To overcome - To conquer difficulties; to win in struggle.

    2. Well - Sufficiently; fully.

    3. To be good at - To have ability to do things well.

  • Words using 克

    • 克服 こくふく Listen conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting
    • 克明 こくめい Listen detailed; scrupulous; careful

  • Four-character idioms with 克

    • 克己復礼 こっきふくれい Listen exercising self-restraint and conforming to the rules of etiquette and formality

  • Tattoo check: 克

    • Verified meaning: to overcome
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いそし, おさむ, かつ, かつえい)
    • Also carries these associations: well, to be good at

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 克

    Given names 克(いそし)Listen 克(おさむ)Listen 克(かつ)Listen 克(かつえい)Listen 克(かつし)Listen 克(かつみ)Listen 克(こく)Listen 克(すぐり)Listen 克(すぐる)Listen

    Surnames 克(かつじ)Listen 克(かつのり)Listen 克(かつゆき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    overcome; kindly; skillfully

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    gram; overcome; transliteration

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    abbr. for 克羅地亞|克罗地亚[Ke4 luo2 di4 ya4], Croatia; (Tw) abbr. for 克羅埃西亞|克罗埃西亚[Ke4 luo2 ai1 xi1 ya4], Croatia

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Able to. Such as 不克成行, meaning unable to set off. | To overcome; to conquer. Winning a battle is called 克. Hence recovering lost cities is called 克復. Also, (Analects) "Overcoming oneself and returning to propriety." Meaning to overcome one's selfish desires. Today, reducing prices is called 克己, meaning restraining one's profit-seeking. | Competitive is called 克. Such as 忌克, meaning jealous and competitive. | Abbreviation for French gram. The French weight system uses gram as the unit. Currently, in our country it is called 公分 (centigram).

  • Onyomi

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    koku(コク) コク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    katsu(か-つ) か-つ

  • Strokes

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    7 strokes

  • Radical

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    儿 (ninnyo・hitoashi)

  • Related Keywords

    to overcome well to be good at subdue conquer skilled beat defeat master overpower prevail surmount suppress dominate restrain

Sentences including 克

  • He got over the end.

  • He hasn't got over the death of his wife yet.

  • We must get over many difficulties.

  • He helped me to get over the difficulties.

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