克 — overcome, kindly, skillfully

こく克 overcome

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 7 strokes

U+514B Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1333 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #109 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

overcome
kindly
skillfully

word

こく koku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

克(こく) 服(ふく) kokufuku overcoming

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

ふる古 old

あに兄 elder brother

Open in Atlas

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#10 儿 legs