JLPT N3 · Noun

核 (kaku)

核 (かく, kaku) is a Japanese noun meaning “stone (of a fruit); pit”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: かく
Romaji: kaku
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

stone (of a fruit); pit; pip · noun
core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; heart · noun
nuclear weapons · noun, noun taking の
nucleus (of an atom) · noun
nucleus (of a cell) · noun

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

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 核

核

nucleus, core, kernelカク · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 核.

結核けっかくtuberculosis

Source: JMdict entry 1205510 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.