覚

See also: 覺

覚 U+899A, 覚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-899A ← 覙 [U+8999] CJK Unified Ideographs 覛 → [U+899B]

Translingual

Traditional	覺
Shinjitai	覚
Simplified	觉

Han character

覚 (Kangxi radical 147, 見+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 火月月山山 (FBBUU), composition ⿱𰃮見)

Derived characters

• 撹 𨬥 𰂲 𰟢

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1134, character 36
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34846
• Dae Jaweon: page 1601, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 6, page 3667, character 9
• Unihan data for U+899A

Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 覺 (𦥯 → 𰃮).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 覚 – see 覺 (“to become aware; to dawn on; to awaken to; to feel; to think; etc.”). (This character is the former (1935–1936) ROC simplified, former (1969–1976) Singaporean simplified, and variant form of 覺).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Shinjitai	覚
Kyūjitai	覺

Kanji

覚

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 覺)

1. to remember
2. remembrance
3. conscious
4. to enlighten
5. to wake up from sleep
6. awake

Readings

From Middle Chinese 覺 (MC kaewk); compare Mandarin 覺／觉 (jué):

• Go-on: かく (kaku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: かく (kaku, Jōyō)

From Middle Chinese 覺 (MC kaewH); compare Mandarin 覺／觉 (jiào):

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: かく (kaku, Jōyō)

From native Japanese roots:

• Kun: おぼえる (oboeru, 覚える, Jōyō)、さめる (sameru, 覚める, Jōyō)、さます (samasu, 覚ます, Jōyō)、さとる (satoru, 覚る)

Compounds

• 覚(おぼ)書(えがき) (oboegaki)
• 覚(かく)悟(ご) (kakugo)
• 覚醒(かくせい) (kakusei)
• 覚醒剤(かくせいざい) (kakuseizai)
• 感覚(かんかく) (kankaku)
• 嗅覚(きゅうかく) (kyūkaku)
• 幻覚(げんかく) (genkaku)
• 才覚(さいかく) (saikaku)
• 錯覚(さっかく) (sakkaku)
• 視(し)覚(かく) (shikaku)
• 自(じ)覚(かく) (jikaku)
• 正覚(しょうがく) (shōgaku)
• 触覚(しょっかく) (shokkaku)
• 知(ち)覚(かく) (chikaku)
• 聴覚(ちょうかく) (chōkaku)
• 痛覚(つうかく) (tsūkaku)
• 発覚(はっかく) (hakkaku)
• 不(ふ)覚(かく) (fukaku)
• 味(み)覚(かく) (mikaku)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
覚
おぼ(え) Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
覺 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 覚 – see the following entry.

【おぼえ】 [noun] recalling; remembering [noun] notes [verb] imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of おぼえる (oboeru) [ichidan] Alternative spelling 覚え

(This term, 覚, is an alternative spelling (dated) of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
覚
Grade: 4
nanori

Alternative spelling
覺 (kyūjitai)

Proper noun

覚(さとる) • (Satoru) 

1. a male given name