The kanji 格 (かく) primarily conveys the idea of "status," "rank," "grade," "level," or "standard." It refers to a certain position or standing, often implying a degree of quality, importance, or formality. It can also suggest a certain style or format.

・On-yomi (音読み): カク (kaku) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): None, as the meaning is often conveyed through compound words.

⚫︎価格 Translation: price, cost ⚫︎性格 Translation: personality, character ⚫︎合格 Translation: passing (an exam), acceptance

The kanji 格 (かく) is a 形声文字 (keisei moji), a phono-semantic compound. It is composed of the phonetic component 各 (kaku, meaning "each" or "every") and the semantic component 木 (ki, meaning "tree" or "wood," but used here in a more general sense to represent a structure or framework). The phonetic component 各 suggests the pronunciation "kaku", while the combination conveys the idea of a fixed structure or framework, thus referring to "status," "rank," or "grade."