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Kanji Detail for 格 - "status, character, standard"

格

  • Meaning

    格 means "status, character, standard."

    1. Standard - A rule or principle; a criterion.

    2. Status - Position or rank; standing.

    3. Character - Quality or nature; personality.

    4. Lattice - A framework of crossed bars.

    5. Reach - To arrive at; to attain.

    6. Correct - To make right; to rectify.

  • Words using 格

    • 価格 かかく Listen price; value; cost
    • 性格 せいかく Listen character (of a person); personality; disposition
    • 本格 ほんかく Listen original method; original procedure; genuine way (of doing something)
    • 格差 かくさ Listen qualitative difference; disparity; gap
    • 資格 しかく Listen qualifications; requirements; capabilities
    • 本格的 ほんかくてき Listen genuine; real; authentic
    • 格好 かっこう Listen shape; form; figure
    • 合格 ごうかく Listen passing (an exam); pass; success

  • Four-character idioms with 格

    • 格物致知 かくぶつちち Listen gaining a perfect knowledge of natural laws

  • Tattoo check: 格

    • Verified meaning: status, character, standard
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いたる, かいへい, かく, きわむ)

    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 格

    Given names 格(いたる)Listen 格(かく)Listen 格(ただし)Listen 格(ただす)Listen 格(つとむ)Listen 格(とおる)Listen 格(のぼる)Listen 格(わたる)Listen

    Surnames 格(かいへい)Listen 格(きわむ)Listen 格(きわめ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    status; rank; capacity; character; case (law, grammar)

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    pattern, standard, form; style

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    used in 格登[ge1 deng1]; used in 格格[ge1 ge1]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    form, pattern, standard

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

    To correct. From "Mencius": "Only a great person can correct the faults in the ruler's heart." | To win over with sincerity is also called 格. Such as 感格 means to move someone. | To investigate thoroughly. From "Great Learning": "Extending knowledge lies in investigating things." Hence the old term for studying physics and chemistry was 格致. | To resist. Such as 格鬥 (to fight), 格殺 (to kill in combat). Also, when forces are unequal, it is 不格. | Rules, standards. The format of a matter is called 格. Meeting the standard is 及格 (passing). | Qualifications. Experience in handling affairs is called 資格 (credentials). | A shelf. One level of a bookshelf is called 一格. | Grid lines. Lines drawn on paper as a standard for character size are called 格. Dividing each character into nine parts is called 九宮格 (nine-palace grid). | To obstruct. Such as 事格不行 means the matter was shelved. Also not fitting together, such as 扞格不通, 格格不入 (incompatible).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    goh(ゴウ) ゴウ

    kaku(カク) カク

    koh(コウ) コウ

    kyaku(キャク) キャク

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    木 (ki・kihen)

  • Related Keywords

    standard status character block prevent correct lattice reach rule regulation norm strike hit rank grade caliber category class criterion degree discipline hierarchy level order position principle quality rating

Sentences including 格

  • I'm sure he'll pass the coming exam.

  • I am sure of his passing the exam.

  • How can you say that?

  • I was happy to pass the exam.

  • He barely passed the examination.

  • She made great efforts to pass the examination.

  • He failed to pass his driving test.

  • Ten to one you can pass the test.

  • They are not much different in character from each other.

  • He studied hard in order to pass the examination.

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