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覚 means 'remember'

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Strokes : 12    Frequency: 361   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-9    Grade: 4   Intermediate lesson: 22    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 26 words   Used in 219 words   Used in 341 names   Component in 1 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
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   カク
Kun
   おぼえる to remember   さめる to awake   さます to rouse, awaken
Additional readings
Kun    さとる
Variants
觉 (Chinese)   覺  
Components
⿱  龸 classroom  見 see  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 覚 is used 17 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 覚 is used 212 times, read 4 ways (with 4 variations).
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カク : 147 words FIND ALL
か ん か く 0
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
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カク (read as がく) : 3 words FIND ALL
し ょ う が く 1
noun
perfect enlightenment  (Buddhist term)
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おぼえる : 29 words FIND ALL
お ぼ え る 3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
2. to learn; to pick up; to acquire  (this meaning is restricted to form 覚える)
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さめる (read as ざ) : 15 words FIND ALL
め ざ ま し と け い 5
noun
alarm clock
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さめる : 13 words FIND ALL
さ め る 2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to wake; to wake up
2. to become sober; to sober up; to regain consciousness (e.g. after anaesthesia)
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さとる : 3 words FIND ALL
さ と り 0
Most common form: 悟り
noun
1. comprehension; understanding
2. enlightenment; spiritual awakening; satori  (Buddhist term)
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おぼえる (read as おぼえ) : 1 word FIND ALL
お ぼ え が き 0
noun
memo; memorandum; note; memorial; protocol
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さとる (read as さとり) : 1 word FIND ALL
noun
Satori; folklore monster that can read minds  (see also: 悟る; often written with kana only)
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An additional さ.ます less common words include 覚 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 463 (originally: 439)  Joy o' Kanji : 439  Key to Kanji: 118 

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覚
カク   おぼえる to remember   さめる to awake   さます to rouse, awaken   
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見
ケン   みる to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
儿
legs
龸
classroom
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⺌
small
冖
cover; covered   
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