格 means “status, standard”

かく · kaku

Also: rank, capacity, character

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

カク, コウ, キャク, ゴウ

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The story

Wood (木) cut to fit each (各) slot in a frame: picture timbers sized to their place. 格 is standing: 合格 is passing an exam, 性格 your character, and かっこいい, cool, comes from 格好, how you carry yourself.

Used in 合格 (goukaku, passing an exam), 性格 (seikaku, personality), and 価格 (kakaku, price)

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• 球 ball
• 負 lose
• 失 lose
• 段 step
• 敗 defeat
• 突 thrust
• 破 tear
• 抜 pull out
• 努 effort
• 倒 fall
• 戦 fight
• 勝 win

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.