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overcome
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingコク
Kun readingか.つ
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. overcomeRtK
  2. kindly
  3. skillfully

Popular Usage

克服

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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ten (十) · needle (丨) · elder brother · teenager · mouth (口) · human legs (儿)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 109

Compound words

克服こくふく
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control
克明こくめい
detailed; scrupulous; careful; minute; faithful

Stroke Order

7 strokes

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