悟 – enlightenment, perceive, discern

10 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1411 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 悟 means enlightenment, perceive, discern, realize, understand. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ゴ (go); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is さと.る (satoru). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 心 (no. 61).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ゴ	go
Kun’yomi	さと.る	satoru

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: 心 (Kangxi radical 61). Components: 口・忙・五.

Words using 悟

覚悟かくごreadiness悟るさとるto sense

Example sentences

兵士たちは故国のために死ぬ覚悟が出来ていた。

The soldiers were ready to die for their country.

Tatoeba #83609

彼はついに自分の誤りを悟った。

At last, he realized his error.

Tatoeba #202654

彼はドイツ語で自分の言いたいことを伝えるのは難しいと悟った。

He found it difficult to make himself understood in German.

Tatoeba #111749

Kanji with the same radical

意性思心感情必応急態想念悪憲愛惑

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