核 – nucleus, core, kernel

10 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#475 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 核 means nucleus, core, kernel. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カク (kaku). 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

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: 人・木・亠・ノ・丶.

Words using 核

核かくstone (of a fruit)結核けっかくtuberculosis

Example sentences

この核時代にあっては、世界中どこの国だって安全ではない。

No country under the sun is safe in this nuclear age.

Tatoeba #222614

何年か前には、結核にかかっていると知らされることは死の宣告を聞くのに等しかった。

Some years ago, learning that one had tuberculosis amounted to hearing a sentence of death.

Tatoeba #187328

Kanji with the same radical

本東業来機権査案村果格検校構木条

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