Kanji N1

憶: recollection, think, remember

憶 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning recollection, think, remember, written with 16 strokes. It is read オク (on), and has no common kun reading. It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 記憶 (きおく, memory) and 憶測 (おくそく, guess).

憶

Meanings

  • recollection
  • think
  • remember
Strokes16
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1324 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • オク

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

Kun reading
  • None in common use

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 憶

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

  • 記憶きおく

    memory; recollection; remembrance

    JLPT N3
  • 憶測おくそく

    guess; speculation; supposition

  • 追憶ついおく

    recollection; reminiscence

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