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剋 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「刂」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「刂」
On
コクこく · koku
Kun
かつkatsu
Meaning
to overcome

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Blade 刂 with 克 as phonetic: to prevail over, to press hard.

COMPOUNDS

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

Example

A sentence using this kanji

戦国(せんごく)の世(よ)は下剋上(げこくじょう)が常(つね)であった。

In the Warring States age the low overthrowing the high was the rule.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

下剋上下剋上剋上up下down刋to cut刔to gou…刎to beh…刪to del…刳to hol…哭to wai…勖to enc…斛koku梏manacl…槲the da…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 刂Map of reading コクAll maps

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