格 – status, rank, capacity

10 strokesTaught in grade 5#281 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 格 means status, rank, capacity, character, case (law, grammar). Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カク、コウ、キャク、ゴウ (kaku, kou, kyaku, gou). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 木 (no. 75).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カク	kaku
On’yomi	コウ	kou
On’yomi	キャク	kyaku
On’yomi	ゴウ	gou

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: 木 (Kangxi radical 75). Components: 口・木・夂.

Words using 格

格好かっこうshape格かくstatus性格せいかくcharacter (of a person)価格かかくprice合格ごうかくpassing (an exam)資格しかくqualifications格別かくべつparticular同格どうかくthe same rank格差かくさqualitative difference規格きかくstandard人格じんかくpersonality体格たいかくbuild失格しっかくdisqualification本格ほんかくoriginal method

Example sentences

あの少年は格好がいい。

The young man is a handsome figure.

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ここは時間潰しに格好の場所である。

Here is a fit space for whiling away.

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thatには、主格、目的格の２つしかなく、格による形の変化はない。

'That' has only the two cases, nominative and objective, and it does not inflect depending on the case.

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Kanji with the same radical

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