かく

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See also: かぐ and がく

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of かく – see the following entries.
書く
to write; to record (words, figures) on the surface of (something)
to compose; to put (an idea, etc) into words
掻く
to scratch (e.g one's head)
(non-productive) Dummy verb for various nouns, often with a meaning similar to "to present" or "to give the impression of".
描く
to paint; to draw
to picture; to portray; to depict
欠く
chip, break off a part
lack
斯く
(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.
2
delimiter, demarcation, stopping point
plan, strategy
stroke (the individual lines and dots that comprise a kanji character)
a line in the divinatory trigrams of the I Ching: "—" () and "- -" ()
number of strokes in a kanji
Alternative spelling
2
(mathematics) angle
(geography) cape, headland, point
A bishop (shogi). Abbreviation of 角行.
a surname
4
each
5
status, rank
(grammar) case (of a word)
capacity
character
case (law)
a male given name
S
atomic nucleus
(algebra) kernel
(astronomy) core, nucleus
cell nucleus
S
crane (large bird of the family Gruidae)
cranelike
佳句
(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.)

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Etymology 3

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

(The following entry is uncreated: 下矩.)

Etymology 4

Proper noun

かく (Kaku

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