克 – overcome, kindly, skillfully

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The kanji 克 means overcome, kindly, skillfully. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コク (koku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is か.つ (katsu). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 儿 (no. 10).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コク	koku
Kun’yomi	か.つ	katsu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 儿 (Kangxi radical 10). Components: 口・十・儿.

Words using 克

克服こくふくconquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.)

Example sentences

彼は多くの困難を克服した。

He has overcome many obstacles.

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Kanji with the same radical

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