The kanji 覚: meaning, readings and stroke order

覚

Meaning: remember, wake up
On reading: カク kaku
Kun reading: おぼ（える） oboeru、さ（ます） samasu、さ（める） sameru
Strokes: 12
Radical: 見 see
Level: Level 4 · grade 4
Old form: 覺

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: ghi nhớ, tỉnh giấc (giác)
Japanese: おぼえる。めがさめる。
Korean: 외우다, 깨다 (각)
Chinese: 记住、醒来 (觉)

Readings, words and example sentences

カク kaku · on reading · less common

感かん覚かく
feeling (in your body)
さむくて指の 感かん覚かくがなくなりました。
It was so cold that I could not feel my fingers.

おぼ（える） oboeru · kun reading

覚おぼえる
to learn by heart, to remember
毎日新しい漢字を 覚おぼえます。
Every day, I learn new kanji.

さ（ます） samasu · kun reading

覚さます
to wake (yourself) up
顔をあらって目を 覚さまします。
I wash my face to wake myself up.

さ（める） sameru · kun reading

覚さめる
to wake up
朝早く目が 覚さめました。
I woke up early in the morning.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.