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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: 小 冖 見

覚

Radical

Radical: 見

Reading: みる

Meaning: see

Strokes: 7

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Examples

Examples with audio

感覚(かんかく)   sense, sensation

覚悟する(かくごする)   prepare, steel oneself

知覚する(ちかくする)   perceive

自覚する(じかくする)   become aware of oneself

発覚する(はっかくする)   come to light

覚える(おぼえる)   remember, memorize

覚める(さめる)   wake up [v.i.]

覚ます(さます)   awaken [v.t.]

Onyomi Examples

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

覚悟 (カクゴ) readiness, (mental) preparedness, resolution, determination, resignation (to one's fate)

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

才覚 (サイカク) ready wit, quick wits, resourcefulness, talent, acumen, powers, knack, raising (money)

Kunyomi Examples

覚える (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

覚ます (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

覚める (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 become aware, to notice, to detect, to discern, to understand, to comprehend, to realize, to attain enlightenment

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