• 性格せいかく — personality
• 資格しかく — qualification
• 価格かかく — price
• 規格きかく — standard
• 格好かっこう — appearance, shape
• 合格ごうかく — pass (an exam)
• 格言かくげん — proverb, maxim

The left side is 木 (tree), suggesting structure or base. The right side 革 (leather) hints at form or rule. Together, 格 expresses structured form, format, or classification — which connects to ideas of rank, character, and pattern.

彼かれは 性格せいかくが 明あかるい。
He has a cheerful personality.

合格ごうかくの 通知つうちが 届とどいた。
The notice of passing arrived.

Usually read as “カク” in compound words such as 価格, 性格, and 資格. It rarely appears alone and has no widely used kun-yomi.