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overcome
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingコク
Kun readingか.つ
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. overcomeRtK
    彼は多くの困難を克服した。He has overcome many obstacles.tatoeba
    彼は私がその困難を克服するのを助けてくれた。He helped me to get over the difficulties.tatoeba
  2. kindly
  3. skillfully
  1. conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.)
  2. overcoming
  3. surmounting
  4. bringing under control

Popular Usage

克服

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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
一克いっこく
a moment
克己こっき
self-control
克復こくふく
restoration
戎克ジャンク
junk (Chinese ship)
馬克マルク
mark (former currency of Germany)
宇克蘭ウクライナ
Ukraine
烏克蘭ウクライナ
Ukraine
克己心こっきしん
spirit of self-denial
新約克ニューヨーク
New York
克服するこくふくする
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.)

Additional Examples

彼は妻の死をまだ克服していない。
He hasn't got over the death of his wife yet.tatoeba
彼はその苦境を克服した。
He got over the end.tatoeba

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