閣 – tower, tall building, palace

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The kanji 閣 means tower, tall building, palace. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カク (kaku). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 門 (no. 169).

Stroke order

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

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: 門 (Kangxi radical 169). Components: 口・門・夂.

Words using 閣

内閣ないかくcabinet (of a government)

Example sentences

内閣は辞職するそうだ。

They say the Cabinet will resign.

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Kanji with the same radical

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