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Kanji Detail for 悟 - "to realize"

悟

  • Meaning

    悟 means "to realize." Also associated with to wake.

    1. To realize - To clearly understand things.

    2. To awaken - To be freed from delusion.

    3. To wake - To awaken from sleep.

  • Words using 悟

    • 覚悟 かくご Listen readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution

  • Four-character idioms with 悟

    • 大悟徹底 たいごてってい Listen attain divine enlightenment; perceive absolute truth; experience spiritual awakening
    • 翻然大悟 ほんぜんたいご Listen suddenly seeing the light; it suddenly dawning upon one
    • 豁然大悟 かつぜんたいご Listen suddenly seeing the light; achieving full enlightenment all of a sudden
    • 転迷開悟 てんめいかいご Listen casting away one's vices or worldly desires and achieving enlightenment

  • Tattoo check: 悟

    • Verified meaning: to realize
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read さと, さとし, さとり, さとる)
    • Also carries these associations: to wake

    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 悟

    Given names 悟(さと)Listen 悟(さとし)Listen 悟(さとる)Listen

    Surnames 悟(さとり)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    enlightenment; perceive; discern; realize; understand

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    to apprehend, realize, become aware

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to comprehend; to apprehend; to become aware

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to apprehend, to realize, to become aware

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

    Complete understanding. Having realization is 悟. Such as 至死不悟. Also, reading and being able to grasp the meaning is called 悟性. | To enlighten others is also 悟, meaning awakening them with words.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    go(ゴ) ゴ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    sato.ru(さと-る) さと-る

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    心 忄 (kokoro・shitagokoro・risshimben)

  • Related Keywords

    to realize to wake understand enlightenment realization awakening comprehension insight perception epiphany discernment illumination consciousness wisdom revelation self-awareness intuition

Sentences including 悟

  • Do or die.

  • He saw he was wrong.

  • I am ready.

  • Are you ready to hear the bad news?

  • Only then did i realize it.

  • Come what may , i am prepared for it.

  • I'm always ready for death.

  • I am prepared to put up with it for the time being.

  • We ought to be ready for whatever comes.

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