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柯

kē

Character

What 柯 means

1. literarybranch; stem; stalk
2. literaryax handle

Other readings

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

• Kēsurname Ke

Example sentences

• 他们提名卡尔文•柯立芝为副总统。
  Tāmen tímíng Kǎ'ěrwén • kē lì zhī wèi fùzǒngtǒng.
  They nominated Calvin Coolidge for vice president.

Words starting with 柯

• 柯达Kē dáKodak (brand, US film company); full name Eastman Kodak Company 伊士曼柯达公司
• 柯基kē jī(loanword) corgi
• 柯密kē mìKermit (communications protocol)
• 柯西Kē xīAugustin-Louis Cauchy (1789-1857), French mathematician
• 柯城区Kē chéng QūKecheng, a district of Quzhou City 衢州市
• 柯夫塔kē fū tǎkofta
• 柯桥区Kē qiáo QūKeqiao, a district of Shaoxing City 绍兴市
• 柯里化kē lǐ huà(computing) currying
• 柯文哲Kē Wén zhéKo Wen-je (1959-), Taiwanese independent politician, Mayor of Taipei City from 2014
• 柯尼斯堡Kē ní sī bǎoKönigsberg, Baltic port city, capital of East Prussia (until WWII)
• 柯式印刷Kē shì yìn shuāoffset printing
• 柯那克里Kē nà kè lǐConakry, capital of Guinea (Tw)
• 柯沙奇病毒kē shā qí bìng dúCoxsackievirus
• 柯萨奇病毒Kē sà qí bìng dúCoxsachie A intestinal virus
• 柯坪县Kē píng XiànKalpin, a county in Aksu Prefecture 阿克苏地区
• 柯尔克孜Kē ěr kè zīKyrgyz ethnic group
• 柯尔克孜族Kē ěr kè zī zúKyrgyz ethnic group
• 柯尔克孜语Kē ěr kè zī yǔKyrghiz language
• 柯棣华Kē dì huáDwarkanath Kotnis (1910-1942), one of five Indian doctors sent to China to provide…
• 柯PKē PProfessor Ko, nickname for Ko Wen-je 柯文哲
• 柯劭忞Kē Shào mínKe Shaomin (1850-1933), scholar, author of New History of the Yuan Dynasty 新元史
• 柯南·道尔Kē nán · Dào ěrSir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), author of the Sherlock Holmes stories 歇洛克·歇洛克·福尔摩斯
• 柯林斯Kē lín sīCollins (name)
• 柯林Kē línColin (name)

Words containing 柯

• 伐柯fá kē(cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax…
• 古柯gǔ kē(botany) coca (source of cocaine)
• 福柯Fú kēMichel Foucault (1926-1984), French philosopher
• 古柯树gǔ kē shùcoca plant (source of cocaine)
• 斯柯达Sī kē dáŠkoda, Czech Republic car manufacturer, a subsidiary of Volkswagen Group
• 古柯碱gǔ kē jiǎn(loanword) cocaine
• 傅柯Fù kēMichel Foucault (1926-1984), French philosopher (Tw)
• 操斧伐柯cāo fǔ fá kē(cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax…
• 南柯一梦Nán kē yī mènglit. a dream of Nanke; fig. dreams of grandeur
• 伊士曼柯达公司Yī shì màn Kē dá Gōng sīEastman Kodak Company (US film company)
• 克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州Kè zī lè sū Kē ěr kè zī Zì zhì zhōuKizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture, in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 新疆维吾尔自治区

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)
• 苛kēsevere; exacting
• 珂kējade-like stone
• 诃hēto scold
• 钶kēcolumbium

Characters that look like 柯

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

• 树shùtree; to cultivate; to set up
• 柜guìcupboard; cabinet; wardrobe
• 衬chèn(of garments) against the skin; to line; lining
• 坷kēused in 坷垃
• 栎lìoak; Quercus serrata
• 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…
• 珂jade-like stone
• 苛severe; exacting
• 窠nest
• 瞌used in 瞌睡
• 钶columbium
• 坷used in 坷垃
• 蝌used in 蝌蚪
• 稞(wheat)