status / standard
N3- Onyomi
- カク
- Stroke count
- 10
- JLPT
- N3
Onyomi are readings often used in compound words. Kunyomi are native Japanese readings. Learn each reading with an example word.
Memory tip
Break 格 down and you get 木 (tree / wood) — a tree with branches reaching up and roots spreading down, and beside it 各 (each) — one foot set down beside a mouth. Picture a tree with a broad green crown, put 格 inside it, and let that scene stand for "status" — status / standard. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
Stroke Order
Stroke count: 10
General writing tips
These general rules have exceptions. Follow the animation and numbered frames for this character.
- •上から下へ書きます。Write from top to bottom.
- •左から右へ書きます。Write from left to right.
- •横の画を先に、縦の画を後に書きます。Write horizontal strokes before the vertical strokes that cross them.
- •外側の囲みを先に書き、中を後で書きます。Draw an outer enclosure first, then fill in what is inside.
- •中央を先に、左右を後に書きます。In symmetric shapes, write the centre before the left and right sides.
- •この漢字は10画です。下の練習エリアで順番に書いてみましょう。This kanji has 10 strokes — trace them in order in the practice area below.
Step by step
Practice Writing
Free writing practice — compare your writing with the example. This canvas does not check your shape or stroke order. Draw with a mouse, finger, or pen; scroll outside the square to move down the page.
Trace the faded character, or hide the outline to practise from memory.
Writing Tips
- Follow the order strictly: top-to-bottom and left-to-right. Correct order makes the shape balanced and natural.
- Keep each stroke in one smooth motion — don't lift the pen in the middle of a stroke.
- Close enclosing strokes cleanly so the character does not look open or broken.
- Common mistake: drawing strokes bottom-to-top or right-to-left. Even if the result looks similar, the wrong order shows in handwriting and makes it harder to read.
Example words
合格
goukaku
passing (an exam)
資格
shikaku
qualification
性格
seikaku
personality
昇格
shoukaku
upgrade
規格
kikaku
standard (industrial)
合格した
goukakushita
plain past: did passing (an exam)
Example sentences (5)
JLPTのN3に合格しました。
JLPT の N3 に ごうかく しました。
JLPT no N3 ni goukaku shimashita.
I passed JLPT N3.
毎日勉強したおかげで、合格することができました。
まいにち べんきょう した おかげ で、ごうかく する こと が できました。
mainichi benkyou shita okage de, goukaku suru koto ga dekimashita.
Thanks to studying every day, I was able to pass.
ITの資格を取るために勉強しています。
IT の しかく を とる ため に べんきょう しています。
IT no shikaku o toru tame ni benkyou shiteimasu.
I am studying to get an IT qualification.
資格を持っていると、転職のときに有利だそうです。
しかく を もっている と、てんしょく の とき に ゆうり だ そう です。
shikaku o motteiru to, tenshoku no toki ni yuuri da sou desu.
I hear having a qualification is an advantage when changing jobs.
彼女は明るい性格です。
かのじょ は あかるい せいかく です。
kanojo wa akarui seikaku desu.
She has a cheerful personality.