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閣

The Cabinet
Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingカク
JōyōGrade 6Level 29
  1. your Excellency
  2. his Excellency
  3. her Excellency

Radicals and components

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Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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gates · each · walking legs (儿) · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1752

Compound words

閣下かっか
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
閣議かくぎ
cabinet meeting
閣僚かくりょう
cabinet ministers
組閣そかく
formation of a cabinet
倒閣とうかく
overthrow of government
内閣ないかく
cabinet (of a government); ministry
入閣にゅうかく
joining the cabinet
楼閣ろうかく
multistoried building; castle; palace; shrine
閣内かくない
(inside the) Cabinet
内閣府ないかくふ
Cabinet Office
影の内閣かげのないかく
shadow cabinet
内閣官房ないかくかんぼう
Cabinet Secretariat
内閣法制局ないかくほうせいきょく
Cabinet Legislation Bureau
閣外かくがい
outside the Cabinet
天守閣てんしゅかく
castle tower
空中楼閣くうちゅうろうかく
castle in the air
寺社仏閣じしゃぶっかく
(Shinto) shrines and (Buddhist) temples
神社仏閣じんじゃぶっかく
(Shinto) shrines and (Buddhist) temples
単独内閣たんどくないかく
one-party cabinet
中間内閣ちゅうかんないかく
interim cabinet
超然内閣ちょうぜんないかく
(Meiji or Taisho era) non-partisan cabinet
内閣閣僚ないかくかくりょう
cabinet members
閣僚レベルかくりょうレベル
cabinet-level
内閣官房長官ないかくかんぼうちょうかん
Chief Cabinet Secretary

Additional Examples

内閣は倒れるだろうということだ。
They say that the cabinet will fall.tatoeba
内閣は辞職するそうだ。
They say the Cabinet will resign.tatoeba

Stroke Order

14 strokes

Tower; cabinet. 門 (gate) + 各 — a tall palace hall. 内閣 — the Cabinet.

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