かく

See also: かぐ and がく

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of かく – see the following entries.
【書く】
[verb] to write; to record (words, figures) on the surface of (something)
[verb] to compose; to put (an idea, etc) into words
【掻く】
[verb] to scratch (e.g one's head)
[verb] (non-productive) Dummy verb for various nouns, often with a meaning similar to "to present" or "to give the impression of".
【描く】
[verb] to paint; to draw
[verb] to picture; to portray; to depict
【欠く】
[verb] chip, break off a part
[verb] lack
【斯く】
[adverb] (archaic) like this, in this way, so, thus
Alternative spelling
是く
(This term, かく, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as かく, see Category:Japanese kanji read as かく.)

Etymology 2

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 the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as かく, 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 3

For pronunciation and definitions of かく – see the following entry: 下矩

(The following entry is uncreated: 下矩.)

Proper noun

かく • (Kaku) 

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