かく

See also: かぐ and がく

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Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of かく – see the following entries.

【画】2 [noun]stroke (of a pen, in a character) [noun]a line in the divinatory trigrams of the I Ching: "—" (陽) and "- -" (陰) [counter]stroke (of a pen, in a character) 【角】2 【客】3 【各】4 [prefix]each 【覚】4 【格】5 [ ]status, rank [ ](grammar) case (of a word) [ ]capacity [ ]character [ ]case (law) [ ]status, rank [ ](grammar) case (of a word) [ ]capacity [ ]character [ ]case (law) [proper noun]A male given name [proper noun]A male given name [proper noun]A male given name 【確】5 【拡】6 【革】6 【閣】6 【核】S [noun]atomic nucleus [noun](algebra) kernel [noun](astronomy) core, nucleus [noun]cell nucleus 【殻】S 【郭】S 【較】S 【隔】S 【獲】S 【嚇】S 【穫】S 【鶴】S [noun]a crane: a large, long-legged and long-necked bird, member of the family or clade Gruidae 【喀】H 【劃】H [noun]Alternative form of 画 【廓】H 【赫】H 【攫】H 【攪】H 【佳句】 [noun](literature) beautiful passage of literature

(This term, かく, is the hiragana spelling of several Sino-Japanese terms.) For a list of all kanji with on'yomi かく, not just those used in Sino-Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji with on reading かく.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

かく (rōmaji Kaku)

1. 格: A male given name
2. 郭: A Chinese surname​.

Etymology 3

Verb

かく (godan conjugation, rōmaji kaku)

1. 書く: to write
2. 掻く: to scratch, to perspire
3. 描く: to draw, to paint, to sketch, to depict, to describe
4. 欠く: to lack, to break, to crack, to chip