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核

hé

HSK 5 Character

What 核 means

1. pit
2. stone
3. nucleus
4. nuclear
5. to examine
6. to check
7. to verify

Other readings

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

• hévariant of {核|hé}; to investigate

Example sentences

• 我不吃苹果核。
  I don't eat the apple core.
• 家庭是社会的核心。
  Jiātíng shì shèhuì de héxīn.
  The family is the fundamental unit of society.
• 我们身处核能时代。
  Wǒmen shēnchǔ hénéng shídài.
  We are in the era of atomic energy.
• 这次核试验成功了。
  Zhè cì héshìyàn chénggōng le.
  This time, the nuclear test was a success.
• 这次核试验失败了。
  Zhè cì héshìyàn shībài le.
  This time, the nuclear test failed.
• 猫咪爬上了核桃树。
  The cat climbed the walnut tree.

Words starting with 核

• 核心hé xīncore; nucleus
• 核实hé shíto verify; to check
• 核武器hé wǔ qìnuclear weapon
• 核对hé duìto check; to verify; to audit
• 核算hé suànto calculate; accounting
• 核桃hé taowalnut
• 核查hé cháto examine; to inspect
• 核准hé zhǔnto authorize; to investigate then ratify
• 核武hé wǔnuclear weapon
• 核定hé dìngto audit and determine; to check and ratify; to appraise and decide
• 核弹hé dànnuclear bomb
• 核子hé zǐnuclear; nucleus
• 核能hé néngnuclear energy
• 核电站hé diàn zhànnuclear power plant
• 核潜艇hé qián tǐngnuclear submarine
• 核试验hé shì yànnuclear test
• 核儿hú rpit (stone of a fruit)
• 核可hé kě(Taiwan) to review and approve
• 核型hé xíngkaryotype (genetics)
• 核战hé zhànnuclear warfare
• 核球hé qiúcore; pellet; central bulge
• 核种hé zhǒng(Taiwan; physics) nuclide
• 核电hé diànnuclear power
• 核显hé xiǎn(computing) integrated GPU (GPU built into a CPU)

Words containing 核

• 考核kǎo héto examine; to check up on; to assess
• 审核shěn héto audit; to investigate thoroughly
• 内核nèi hécore (of a fruit); (fig.) the essence (of a concept or doctrine etc); (geology) inner core
• 双核shuāng hédual core (computing)
• 肺结核fèi jié hétuberculosis; TB
• 结核jié hétuberculosis; consumption; nodule
• 复核fù héto reconsider; to reexamine; to review (e.g. a report prior to accepting it)
• 原核yuán héprokaryotic (cell)
• 反核fǎn héanti-nuclear (e.g. protest)
• 地核dì hécore of the earth (geology)
• 成核chéng hénucleation
• 果核guǒ héstone (of a fruit); pit
• 查核chá héto check
• 无核wú hénonnuclear; seedless (botany)
• 真核zhēn héeukaryotic
• 重核zhòng héheavy nucleus
• 非核fēi hénon-nuclear
• 原子核yuán zǐ héatomic nucleus
• 无核化wú hé huàto make nuclear-free; to de-nuclearize
• 无核区wú hé qūnuclear weapon-free zone
• 非核化fēi hé huàdenuclearization
• 原核生物yuán hé shēng wùprokaryote
• 有核国家yǒu hé guó jiānuclear weapon states
• 调查核实diào chá hé shíto investigate; investigation

Characters built on 亥

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

• 刻kèquarter (hour); moment; to carve
• 咳kécough
• 阂héobstruct
• 劾héto impeach
• 颏kēchin

Characters that look like 核

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

• 校xiào(bound form) school; college; (bound form; military) field officer
• 挂guàto hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead
• 桂guìcassia; laurel
• 梳shūto comb; (bound form) a comb
• 桔jiéused in 桔梗; used in 桔槔
• 桢zhēn(old) privet (genus Ligustrum); (bound form; old) wooden support placed at the ends of a…

Sounds the same

Read hé, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 和(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn); (math) sum; to make peace
• 河river; (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way
• 合to close; to join; to fit
• 何what; how; why
• 盒small box; case
• 阂obstruct
• 荷lotus
• 禾(bound form) grain plant; cereal crop
• 阖door; to close; whole
• 曷why; how; when
• 劾to impeach
• 涸to dry; to dry up