EntryCommonJLPT N3
  1. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

    to awaken; to arouse from sleep

    その物音が私を眠りから覚まさせた。
    The noise awoke me from my sleep.
  2. to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of)

  3. to sober up

  4. to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil

    see 冷ますsee さます・2

Also written 醒ます【さます】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

memorize, learn, remember, awake, sober up

Kun
おぼ.えるさ.ますさ.めるさと.る
On
カク
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
710 of 2500
Radical
see
WaniKani
Level 17

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Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-5-7SKIP code
3n9.3The Kanji Dictionary
3221.6, 9021.6Four corner code
957deroo
899aUnicode hex code
1-19-48JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4288Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5529New Nelson (John Haig)
2604New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3217Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1668Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2258Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
325Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
347Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
896A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1752Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
397Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
34846Morohashi
439A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
605Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
615Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
363sakade
889Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
463henshall3
581Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
208Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.15busy_people
1646Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
331Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jue2, jiao4Pinyin reading
gag, gyoKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
17WaniKani level