括
括 — Fasten
fasten, tie up, arrest, constrict
On’yomiカツ (katsu)
Kun’yomiくくる (kukuru)
Stroke order (9 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 括
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 包括 | ほうかつ houkatsu | inclusion; complete coverage; comprehensiveness |
| 総括 | そうかつ soukatsu | summarization; summary; generalization |
| 一括 | いっかつ ikkatsu | lumping together; summing up; bundle |
| 統括 | とうかつ toukatsu | unification; bringing together; generalization |
| 括る | くくる kukuru | to tie up; to tie together; to bind |
| 括弧 | かっこ kakko | brackets; parentheses |
Study notes
括 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 9 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1026 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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