Kanji N2

各: each, every, either

各 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning each, every, either, written with 6 strokes. It is read カク (on) and おのおの (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 各自 (かくじ, each) and 各地 (かくち, each place).

各

Meanings

  • each
  • every
  • either
Strokes6
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#243 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • カク

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • おのおの

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 各

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 各自かくじ

    each (person); everyone; individual; respective

    JLPT N2
  • 各地かくち

    each place; every place; various places

    JLPT N2
  • 各々おのおの

    each

    JLPT N2
  • 各種かくしゅ

    every kind; all sorts

    JLPT N1
  • 各かく

    each; every; all

  • 各国かっこく

    each country; every country; various countries

  • 各位かくい

    everyone; each and every one (of you)

  • 世界各地せかいかくち

    every part of the world; all over the world

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.