各 — each, every, either

かく各 each

Grade 4 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 6 strokes

U+5404 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #243 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #311 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

each
every
either

word

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

各(かく) kaku each 各(かく) 種(しゅ) kakushu various 各(かく) 地(ち) kakuchi various places 各(かく) 社(しゃ) kakusha each company 各(かく) 自(じ) kakuji each person 各(かく) 省(しょう) kakushou each ministry 各(かく) 人(じん) kakujin each person 各(かく) 位(い) kakui everyone

かっ ka Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

各(かっ) 国(こく) kakkoku each country

おの ono Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

各(おの) 々 onoono each

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

夂 go slowly

くち口 mouth #30

Used as component in (8)

ろ路 path きゃく客 guest かく格 status りゃく略 abbreviation かく閣 tower からむ絡 entwine らく酪 dairy products ろ賂 bribe

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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.

#30 口 mouth