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恳

kěn

HSK 5 Character Traditional 懇

What 恳 means

1. earnest

Example sentences

• 我恳求您了。
  Wǒ kěnqiú nín le.
  I beg you.
• 他恳求我留下来。
  Tā kěnqiú wǒ liúxià lái.
  He begged me to stay.
• 我不是要求你，我是恳请你。
  Wǒ bù shì yāoqiú nǐ, wǒ shì kěnqǐng nǐ.
  I'm not asking you. I'm begging you.
• 你恳求与我谈话的原因是什么？
  Nǐ kěnqiú yǔ wǒ tánhuà de yuányīn shì shénme?
  What is your reason for soliciting a conversation with me?
• 你恳求与我谈话的原因是什幺？
  What is your reason for soliciting a conversation with me?
• 尽管我恳切地要求，他们还是拒绝跟我说话。
  They refused to talk to me in spite of my earnest request.

Words starting with 恳

• 恳切kěn qièearnest; sincere
• 恳求kěn qiúto beg; to beseech; to entreat
• 恳请kěn qǐngto request earnestly
• 恳辞kěn cíto decline with sincere thanks

Words containing 恳

• 诚恳chéng kěnsincere; honest; cordial
• 勤恳qín kěndiligent and attentive; assiduous; sincere
• 勤勤恳恳qín qín kěn kěnindustrious and conscientious; assiduous

Characters built on 艮

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

• 很hěnvery; quite…
• 根gēnroot; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
• 跟gēnheel; to follow closely; to go with
• 恨hènto hate; to regret
• 狠hěnruthless; fierce; ferocious; determined; resolute; to harden (one's heart)
• 痕hénscar; traces
• 垦kěnto reclaim (land); to cultivate
• 茛gènranunculus

Characters that look like 恳

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

• 息xībreath; news; interest (on an investment or loan)
• 总zǒng(bound form) general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably
• 恩ēnfavor; grace; kindness; (colloquial) used like 嗯
• 悬xuánto hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement
• 恿yǒngused in 怂恿
• 垦kěnto reclaim (land); to cultivate

Sounds the same

Read kěn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 肯to agree; to consent; to be willing to
• 啃to gnaw; to nibble; to bite
• 垦to reclaim (land); to cultivate
• 龈variant of 啃