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閣 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「門」

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5Elementary year 6 ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「門」
On
カクかく · kaku
Kun
—
Meaning
cabinet (government); tall building

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

門 "gate" plus 各 "to reach"; a tall structure supporting the gate — "tower," and by extension "cabinet."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onカクかくkaku閣議かくぎ閣僚かくりょう内閣ないかく

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 内閣ないかく

    the Cabinet

  • 天守閣てんしゅかく

    castle keep

More words with this kanji

  • 閣僚かくりょう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

新(あたら)しい内閣(ないかく)が生(う)まれた。

A new cabinet has been formed.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

内閣天守閣天守閣閣内inside天heaven守protec…閉to clo…門gate閂the ba…閃to fla…閊to be…拡to exp…革leathe…各each角corner画pictur…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 門Map of reading カクAll maps

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