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— nucleus, core, kernel

Strokes
10
Taught in
Secondary school
Frequency
#475 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi
  • kaku
Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 核

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