Japanese symbol for “pip”
核
かく
Romaji: kaku
stone (of a fruit); pit; pip
In Japanese, pip is 核, read かく (kaku).
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Meanings
- n stone (of a fruit); pit; pip
- n core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; heart
- adj-no, n nuclear weapons
- n nucleus (of an atom) (physics)
- n nucleus (of a cell) (biol)
- n condensation nucleus (met)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “pip”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 目 | め me | dot (on a dice); pip; rolled number |
| 種 | たね tane | seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; kernel |
| 実 | さね sane | seed (of a fruit); pit; pip |
| ピップ | ピップ pippu | pip (on a radar screen); blip |
| さいの目 | さいのめ sainome | pip (spot on a die) |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 核兵器 | かくへいき kakuheiki | nuclear weapon |
| 中核 | ちゅうかく chuukaku | kernel; core; nucleus |
| 核心 | かくしん kakushin | core; heart (of the matter); point |
| 結核 | けっかく kekkaku | tuberculosis; TB |
| 核弾頭 | かくだんとう kakudantou | nuclear warhead |
| 核酸 | かくさん kakusan | nucleic acid |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.