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悟 — Enlightenment

JLPT N110 strokesSecondary school#1411 most used
enlightenment, perceive, discern, realize, understand
On’yomi (go)
Kun’yomiさと (satoru)

Stroke order (10 strokes)

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Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).

Common words using 悟

WordReadingMeaning
覚悟かくご
kakugo
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution
悟るさとる
satoru
to sense; to perceive; to notice
悟りさとり
satori
comprehension; understanding; enlightenment
大悟たいご
taigo
enlightenment; great wisdom

Study notes

悟 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 10 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1411 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).

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