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坷

kē

Character

What 坷 means

1. used in {坷垃|kē lā}

Other readings

坷 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• kěused in {坎坷|kǎn kě}

Words starting with 坷

• 坷垃kē lā(dialect) clod (of earth)

Words containing 坷

• 坎坷kǎn kě(of a road) bumpy; (of life) rough; to be down on one's luck…
• 土坷垃tǔ kē lā(dialect) clod of earth
• 命途坎坷mìng tú kǎn kěto have a tough life; to meet much adversity in one's life
• 坎坷不平kǎn kě bù píngpotholed and bumpy road (idiom); fig. full of disappointment and dashed hopes
• 坎坷多舛kǎn kě duō chuǎnfull of trouble and misfortune (usu. referring to someone's life)

Characters built on 可

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

• 何héwhat; how; why
• 哥gēelder brother
• 河hériver; (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way
• 呵hē(bound form) to scold; to expel breath; (onomatopoeia) laughter (usu. reduplicated)
• 柯kē(literary) branch; stem; stalk; (literary) ax handle
• 苛kēsevere; exacting
• 珂kējade-like stone
• 诃hēto scold

Characters that look like 坷

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

• 何héwhat; how; why
• 河hériver; (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way
• 柯kē(literary) branch; stem; stalk; (literary) ax handle
• 砖zhuānbrick; tile (floor or wall, not roof)
• 岬jiǎcape (geography); headland
• 枸gōubent; crooked

Sounds the same

Read kē, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 科branch of study; administrative section; division
• 棵classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc
• 颗classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc
• 磕to tap; to knock (against sth hard); (esp.) to knock…
• 柯(literary) branch; stem; stalk; (literary) ax handle
• 珂jade-like stone
• 苛severe; exacting
• 窠nest
• 瞌used in 瞌睡
• 钶columbium
• 蝌used in 蝌蚪
• 稞(wheat)