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] delimiter, demarcation, stopping point [noun] plan, strategy [noun] stroke (the individual lines and dots that comprise a kanji character) [noun] a line in the divinatory trigrams of the I Ching: "—" (陽) and "- -" (陰) [counter] number of strokes in a kanji Alternative spelling 劃 【角】2 [noun] (mathematics) angle [noun] (geography) cape, headland, point [noun] A bishop (shogi). Abbreviation of 角行. [proper noun] a surname 【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 【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, 劃, 廓, 赫, 攫, 攪.)

Etymology 2

Proper noun

かく • (Kaku) 

1. 格: a male given name
2. 郭: a Chinese surname

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of かく – see the following entries.

【書く】 [verb] write; record (words, figures) on the surface of (something) [verb] compose; put (an idea, etc) into words 【掻く】 [verb] to scratch (e.g one's head) [verb] (non-productive) Dummy verb for various nouns. 【描く】 [verb] to paint; to draw [verb] to picture; to portray; to depict 【欠く】 [verb] chip, break off a part [verb] lack

(This term, かく, is an alternative spelling of the above terms.)

Etymology 4

Noun

かく • (kaku) 

1. 下矩: quadrature (astronomy)