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嗑

kè

Character

What 嗑 means

1. to crack (seeds) between one's teeth

Example sentences

• 我喜欢嗑葵花籽。
  Wǒ xǐhuan kè kuíhuā zǐ.
  I like cracking sunflower seeds.
• 他们一边嗑瓜子，一边打牌。
  Tāmen yībiān kè guāzǐ, yībiān dǎpái.
  They eat sunflower seeds while playing cards.
• 他们一边嗑香瓜子，一边打牌。
  Tāmen yībiān kè xiāngguāzǐ, yībiān dǎpái.
  They eat sunflower seeds while playing cards.

Words starting with 嗑

• 嗑药kè yàoto take (illegal) drugs
• 嗑CPkē CPvariant of 磕CPkē CP

Words containing 嗑

• 唠嗑lào kē(dialect) to chat; to gossip

Characters built on 盍

These share the phonetic component 盍 (hé), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 磕kēto tap; to knock (against sth hard); (esp.) to knock…
• 瞌kēused in 瞌睡
• 阖hédoor; to close; whole
• 溘kèsuddenly

Characters that look like 嗑

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 喔ō(interjection) oh; I see (used to indicate realization, understanding)
• 嘘xūto exhale slowly; to hiss; hush!
• 嗅xiùto smell; to sniff; to nose
• 嗡wēng(onomatopoeia) buzz; hum; drone
• 嘎gā(onomatopoeia) short but loud sound
• 嗤chīlaugh at; jeer; scoff at

Sounds the same

Read kè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 客customer; visitor; guest; classifier for servings or portions (when ordering food)
• 克to be able to; to subdue; to restrain
• 课subject; course; class
• 刻quarter (hour); moment; to carve
• 可used in 可汗
• 恪respectful; scrupulous
• 氪krypton (chemistry)
• 溘suddenly
• 缂used in 缂丝
• 榼Pusaetha scandens
• 搕to strike; to take in the hand
• 锞grease-pot for cart; ingot