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    3. 核

    核

    核かく

    stone (of a fruit)

    N1KMT2News #2+1CoreScience & MathMilitaryKanji Vocab10 strokes

    かく

    Noun

    1.
    stone (of a fruit), pit, pip
    2.
    core (of an organization, team, etc.), nucleus, heart

    Noun, Particle

    3.
    nuclear weapons

    Noun

    4.
    nucleus (of an atom)
    physics
    5.
    nucleus (of a cell)
    biology
    6.
    condensation nucleus
    meteorology
    7.
    (planetary) core
    astronomy
    8.
    ring (in a cyclic compound)
    chemistry
    9.
    kernel, core
    mathematics
    10.
    nucleus (of a cultured pearl)

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    桃ももの核かくは硬かたいです。

    A peach pit is hard.

    KMT2Food & Dining
    このチームの核かくとなる選せん手しゅは彼かれです。

    He is the core player of this team.

    KMT2Sports & Martial Arts
    核かく実じっ験けんは国こく際さい社しゃ会かいから強つよく非ひ難なんされました。

    Nuclear tests were strongly condemned by the international community.

    KMT3MilitaryPolitics & Law
    原げん子しの核かくは陽よう子しと中ちゅう性せい子しからできています。

    The nucleus of an atom is made up of protons and neutrons.

    KMT3Science & Math
    核かく兵へい器きの廃はい絶ぜつは世せ界かいの共きょう通つう目もく標ひょうです。

    The abolition of nuclear weapons is a common goal for the world.

    KMT4MilitaryPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    核
    nucleus・core・kernel
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