剋 — 9 strokes / Radical「刂」
道1University / general (hardest) / 9 strokes / Radical「刂」
- On
- コク
- Kun
- かつ
- Meaning
- to overcome
Origin
Blade 刂 with 克 as phonetic: to prevail over, to press hard.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 下剋上げこくじょう
the lower overthrowing the higher
- 剋するこくする
to overcome
Example
戦国の世は下剋上が常であった。
In the Warring States age the low overthrowing the high was the rule.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)