Kanji
悟
N1
10 strokes
Grade 8
freq #1411
enlightenment, perceive, discern, realize, understand
On'yomi (音読み)
ゴ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
さと.る
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
覚悟
かくご
readiness; (mental) preparedness
大悟
たいご
enlightenment; great wisdom
漸悟
ぜんご
gradual enlightenment
翻然大悟
ほんぜんたいご
suddenly seeing the light; it suddenly dawning upon one
赤字覚悟
あかじかくご
making a loss; incurring a deficit
転迷開悟
てんめいかいご
casting away one's vices or worldly desires and achieving enlightenment
悟達
ごたつ
attaining enlightenment
孫悟空
そんごくう
Sun Wukong (character in the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West); Monkey King
頓悟
とんご
sudden enlightenment
翻然悔悟
ほんぜんかいご
to feel sudden remorse
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
悟り
さとり
comprehension; understanding
悟る
さとる
to sense; to perceive
覚悟を決める
かくごをきめる
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
非を悟る
ひをさとる
to realize one's error; to realize one's errors
悟りを開く
さとりをひらく
to achieve enlightenment; to attain enlightenment
大悟の境に入る
たいごのきょうにはいる
to attain enlightenment
生悟り
なまざとり
incomplete enlightenment
死を覚悟する
しをかくごする
to prepare for death; to get ready to die
決死の覚悟
けっしのかくご
readiness to die; (in the) face of death
Example sentences
彼（かれ）は最悪の事態（さいあくのじたい）を覚悟（かくご）した。
He prepared for the worst.
敵（てき）に撃（う）たれる危険（きけん）を冒（おか）す覚悟（かくご）だった。
They were ready to run the risk of being shot by the enemy.
彼（かれ）は過（あやま）ちを悟（さと）った。
He saw he was wrong.
事後（じご）に事（こと）を悟（さと）るのは容易（ようい）だ。
It is easy to be wise after the event.