• 覚おぼえる — to memorize, to remember
• 目覚めざめる — to wake up, to awaken
• 感覚かんかく — sensation, feeling
• 覚悟かくご — readiness, resolution
• 覚醒かくせい — awakening
• 自覚じかく — self-awareness

The kanji combines 見みる (to see) with a component that implies learning or perception. It expresses the idea of gaining awareness by observing and internalizing — which connects to concepts like memory, realization, and mental awakening.

この単語たんごを 覚おぼえてください。
Please memorize this word.

昨日きのうのことを よく覚おぼえています。
I clearly remember what happened yesterday.

その話はなしを 聞きいて、目めが覚さめました。
That story really opened my eyes.

🎧 “カク” appears in formal or compound words like 覚悟 or 感覚. The kun-yomi forms like おぼえる and さめる are common in daily speech, used for remembering and waking up.