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

格

  • Meaning

    格 means "standard, status, character."

    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.

  • 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).
  • Onyomitip

    goh(ごう) ごう

    kaku(かく) かく

    ko(こ) こ

    kyaku(きゃく) きゃく

  • Kunyomitip

    ita.ru(いたる) いたる

    tada.su(ただす) ただす

    u.tsu(うつ) うつ

  • Strokestip

    10 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    木 (ki・kihen)

  • Related Keywords
    standard rule principle status rank position character quality nature lattice grid frame reach attain arrive correct rectify case pattern style

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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