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Kanji Detail for 各 - "each, every"

各

  • Meaning

    各 means "each, every."

    1. Each - Every one individually.

    2. Every - All; respective; various.

    3. Separate - Distinct; individual.

  • Words using 各

    • 各自 かくじ Listen each (person); everyone; individual
    • 各位 かくい Listen everyone; each and every one (of you); ladies and gentlemen
    • 各々 おのおの Listen each
    • 各国 かっこく Listen each country; every country; various countries
    • 各地 かくち Listen each place; every place; various places
    • 各種 かくしゅ Listen every kind; all sorts
    • 世界各国 せかいかっこく Listen countries all over the world; all the countries of the world
    • 世界各地 せかいかくち Listen every part of the world; all over the world; the four corners of the world

  • Four-character idioms with 各

    • 各人各様 かくじんかくよう Listen different strokes for different folks; people doing something in their own way
    • 各種各様 かくしゅかくよう Listen individual (different) ways of doing things; being different (varied) for each item (type)

  • Tattoo check: 各

    • Verified meaning: each, every
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かいじ, かく)

    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 各

    Surnames 各(かいじ)Listen 各(かく)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    each; every; either

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    each, individually, every, all

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    each; every

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    individual; each, every; all

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

    Each person has their own position, not interfering with each other. Such as 各不相謀, meaning they don't conspire with each other.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kaku(カク) カク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    onoono(おのおの) おのおの

  • Strokes

    tip

    6 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    口 (kuchi・kuchihen)

  • Related Keywords

    each every all individual particular respective separate singular specific distinct different

Sentences including 各

  • This is just the milk run.

  • Each of us has to be careful when driving.

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