克 — kanji meaning “overcome”
克
overcome, kindly, skillfully
- Meanings
- overcome, kindly, skillfully
- On'yomi
- コク (koku)
- Kun'yomi
- か.つ
- Name readings
- かつ、まさる、よし
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1333 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 10
- Chinese reading
- kè — Chinese character page
Words with 克
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 克服 | こくふく kokufuku | conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting |
| 克明 | こくめい kokumei | detailed; scrupulous; careful |
| 下克上 | げこくじょう gekokujou | juniors dominating seniors; inferiors overthrowing their superiors; retainer supplanting his lord |
| 相克 | そうこく soukoku | rivalry (between two irreconcilable forces); conflict; strife |
| 克己 | こっき kokki | self-control; self-mastery; self-restraint |
| 超克 | ちょうこく choukoku | overcoming; conquering; surmounting |
| 烏克蘭 | ウクライナ ukuraina | Ukraine |
| 馬克 | マルク maruku | mark (former currency of Germany) |
| 克己心 | こっきしん kokkishin | spirit of self-denial |
| 克復 | こくふく kokufuku | restoration |
| 己に克つ | おのれにかつ onorenikatsu | to control oneself |
| 克己復礼 | こっきふくれい kokkifukurei | exercising self-restraint and conforming to the rules of etiquette and formality |
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