EntryCommonJLPT N1WaniKani 36
  1. Noun

    stone (of a fruit); pit; pip

    この核時代にあっては、世界中どこの国だって安全ではない。
    No country under the sun is safe in this nuclear age.
  2. core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; heart

  3. Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    nuclear weapons

    see 核兵器

  4. Noun

    nucleus (of an atom)

    Physicssee 原子核

  5. nucleus (of a cell)

    Biologysee 細胞核

  6. condensation nucleus

    Meteorologysee 凝結核

  7. (planetary) core

    Astronomy

  8. ring (in a cyclic compound)

    Chemistry

  9. kernel; core

    Mathematics

  10. nucleus (of a cultured pearl)

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

nucleus, core, kernel

On
カク
Strokes
10
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
475 of 2500
Radical
tree
WaniKani
Level 36

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Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-4-6SKIP code
4a6.22The Kanji Dictionary
4098.2Four corner code
1862deroo
6838Unicode hex code
1-19-43JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2254Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2660New Nelson (John Haig)
927New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1162Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
628Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
836Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1520Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1638Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
577A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1608Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14743Morohashi
1074A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1212Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1275Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1430Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1348Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
986Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1089Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1534Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
he2, hu2Pinyin reading
haegKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
36WaniKani level