かく

See also: かぐ and がく

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 [noun] (mathematics) angle [noun] (geography) cape, headland, point [noun] A bishop (shogi). Abbreviation of 角行. 【角すみ】2 [proper noun] a surname Alternative spellings かど, つの 【各】4 [prefix] each 【格】5 [noun] status, rank [noun] (grammar) case (of a word) [noun] capacity [noun] character [noun] case (law) [proper noun] A male given name 【核】S [noun] atomic nucleus [noun] (algebra) kernel [noun] (astronomy) core, nucleus [noun] cell nucleus 【鶴】S [affix] crane (large bird of the family Gruidae) [affix] cranelike 【劃】H [noun] Alternative form of 画 【佳句】 [noun] (literature) beautiful passage of literature

(This term, かく, is an alternative spelling of the above Sino-Japanese terms. For a list of all kanji read as かく, not just those used in Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji read as かく.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 客, 覚, 確, 拡, 革, 閣, 殻, 郭, 較, 隔, 獲, 嚇, 穫, 喀, 廓, 赫, 攫, 攪.)

Etymology 2

Proper noun

かく • (Kaku) 

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

Etymology 3

Verb

かく • (kaku) godan (stem かき (kaki), past かいた (kaita))

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