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Kanji Detail for 覚 - "to awake, to remember, to realize"

覚

  • Meaning

    覚 means "to awake, to remember, to realize."

    1. Awake - To be conscious; alert.

    2. Remember - To recall; to memorize.

    3. Realize - To understand; to perceive.

  • Words using 覚

    • 感覚 かんかく Listen sense; sensation; feeling
    • 覚悟 かくご Listen readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution
    • 覚醒剤 かくせいざい Listen stimulant (e.g. psychoactive drugs like methamphetamine, ritalin, etc.)
    • 自覚 じかく Listen self-consciousness; self-awareness
    • 視覚 しかく Listen (sense of) sight; eyesight; vision
    • 発覚 はっかく Listen detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light
    • 覚書 おぼえがき Listen memo; memorandum; note
    • 味覚 みかく Listen (sense of) taste; palate

  • Four-character idioms with 覚

    • 前後不覚 ぜんごふかく Listen unconsciousness; having no recollection of one's actions
    • 平衡感覚 へいこうかんかく Listen sense of equilibrium; sense of balance

  • Tattoo check: 覚

    • Verified meaning: to awake, to remember, to realize
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あきら, かく, さとし, さとり)

    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 覚

    Given names 覚(あきら)Listen 覚(かく)Listen 覚(さとし)Listen 覚(さとり)Listen 覚(さとる)Listen 覚(ただし)Listen

    Surnames 覚(ただす)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    memorize; learn; remember; awake; sober up

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    to wake up from sleep; conscious

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 覺|觉[jue2]

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kaku(カク) カク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    obo.eru(おぼ-える) おぼ-える

    sa.masu(さ-ます) さ-ます

    sa.meru(さ-める) さ-める

    sato.ru(さと-る) さと-る

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    見 (miru)

  • Related Keywords

    to awake to remember to realize perceive know understand awareness consciousness alert cognition discernment enlightenment insight learn memorize mindfulness observation realization recall sense

Sentences including 覚

  • I recall the day when the younger brother was born.

  • I remember writing to her.

  • I can recall seeing those pictures.

  • I remember seeing the movie before.

  • I remember seeing her.

  • Do you remember your father's birthday?

  • Best of all , he learns things fast.

  • Do you remember the day when we first met?

  • Do or die.

  • I wake up early.

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