What does "覚" mean?? I was playing shogi on my phone, it's behind level… - Feed Post by KenjiSama

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  Ineedaname

  Have you tried searching for it in a dictionary wikipedia rikaichan...
  Thanks for not doing so because now I have interesting reading materials.
  Satori are as quoted from wikipedia : in Japanese folklore are supernatural monsters able to read people's minds.
  rikaichan gives a similar definition mythical being that can read minds.

  July 18, 2015 at 3:24am
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  KenjiSama

  I don't think that's my definition in looking for.....I'm playing shogi.....

  July 18, 2015 at 4:30am
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  mog86uk

  Are you certain that the kanji is being used completely on its own?
  
  The kanji itself comes from an older kanji: 覺. The kanji 覚 basically means "sense". For the many words it is used in, 覚 gives various meanings like "realise, wake up, remember, discover, feel"--all meanings related "sense".
  
  覚える【おぼえる】= remember
  覚める【さめる】= wake up, come to one's senses
  感覚【かんかく】= feeling, sensation
  視覚【しかく】= sense of sight, vision
  知覚【ちかく】= perception
  錯覚【さっかく】= illusion, hallucination
  
  If 覚 really is being used on its own, and you don't think it is what Ineedaname has said, then maybe it could be being used as an abbreviation. I don't know though. ^^

  July 18, 2015 at 8:34am
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  KenjiSama

  I believe it's an abbreviation....... The game has anticipation of kanji, but I know what it means..
  
  Josh's says learn. So I guess it means a learning game of some sort?? I suck at shogi xD

  July 18, 2015 at 9:43am
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  MintyHippo

  覚 by itself is a mythical being that can read minds. If your interested in it there is some lore here "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A6%9A"

  July 18, 2015 at 2:40pm
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  MintyHippo

  Just saw Ineedaname's post my bad ><
  
  I couldn't find anything for it here http://www.shogi.net/shogivocab/vocabhtml.html except some cases of it being in other words like 覚悟.

  July 18, 2015 at 2:44pm
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  KenjiSama

  Can't read the wiki =><=

  July 19, 2015 at 6:59am
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  MintyHippo

  It just talks about folklore and uses in classical writing, as for the actual origin it says it was originally depicted in the edo period. ^^

  July 19, 2015 at 3:17pm