Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N3

710 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: memorize, learn, remember, awake, sober up

Kunyomi: おぼ.える さ.ます さ.める さと.る

Onyomi: カク

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: みる

Meaning: see

Strokes: 7

Examples

Examples with audio

(かんかく)   sense, sensation

悟する(かくごする)   prepare, steel oneself

する(ちかくする)   perceive

する(じかくする)   become aware of oneself

する(はっかくする)   come to light

える(おぼえる)   remember, memorize

める(さめる)   wake up [v.i.]

ます(さます)   awaken [v.t.]

Onyomi Examples

醒剤 カクセイザイ stimulant (e.g. psychoactive drugs like methamphetamine, ritalin, etc.)

カクゴ readiness, preparedness, resolution, resignation

視聴 シチョウカク senses of seeing and hearing, audiovisual

サイカク ready wit, quick wits, resourcefulness, raising (money)

Kunyomi Examples

える おぼえる to memorize, to memorise, to commit to memory, to learn by heart, to bear in mind, to remember, to learn, to pick up, to acquire, to feel, to think, to regard

ます さます to awaken, to arouse from sleep, to bring to one's senses, to disabuse (someone of), to sober up, to dampen, to throw a damper on, to spoil

める さめる to wake, to wake up, to become sober, to sober up, to regain consciousness (e.g. after anaesthesia), to come to one's senses, to be disillusioned

悟る さとる to perceive, to sense, to discern, to understand, to comprehend, to realize, to attain enlightenment