核 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「木」
道準2High school level ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「木」
- On
- カクかく · kaku
- Kun
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- Meaning
- core; nucleus
Stroke order
Origin
木 "tree" with 亥 "hard seed": the hard pit inside a fruit — the core, the nucleus.
Readings and examples
| Onカクかくkaku | 核心かくしん核反応かくはんのう結核けっかく |
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Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 核心かくしん
the core; the heart of
- 中核ちゅうかく
nucleus; centre
- 結核けっかく
Example
問題の核心はそこにある。
The heart of the problem lies there.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
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