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渴

kě

HSK 3 Character

What 渴 means

1. thirsty

Example sentences

• 我渴了。
  I'm thirsty.
• 我很渴。
  I'm very thirsty.
• 你渴吗？
  Are you thirsty?
• 你不渴吗？
  Aren't you thirsty?
• 汤姆不渴。
  Tom wasn't thirsty.
• 我总觉得渴。
  I'm always thirsty.

Words starting with 渴

• 渴望kě wàngto thirst for; to long for
• 渴求kě qiúto long for; to crave for; to greatly desire
• 渴慕kě mùto thirst for
• 渴不可耐kě bù kě nàito be so thirsty as to no longer be able to tolerate it

Words containing 渴

• 饥渴jī kěhungry and thirsty; (fig.) to crave (knowledge, love etc)
• 口渴kǒu kěthirsty
• 解渴jiě kěto quench
• 如饥似渴rú jī sì kěto hunger for sth (idiom); eagerly; to long for sth
• 干渴gān kěparched; dry mouth
• 消渴xiāo kěcondition characterized by thirst, hunger, frequent urination and weight loss, identified…
• 爱才若渴ài cái ruò kě(idiom) to be eager to surround oneself with talented people
• 望梅止渴wàng méi zhǐ kělit. to quench one's thirst by thinking of plums (idiom)…
• 临渴穿井lín kě chuān jǐnglit. face thirst and dig a well (idiom); fig. not to make adequate provision…
• 远水不解近渴yuǎn shuǐ bù jiě jìn kělit. distant water does not cure present thirst; fig. urgent need…
• 临渴掘井lín kě jué jǐnglit. not to dig a well until one is thirsty; to be unprepared and seek help at the last…
• 求贤若渴qiú xián ruò kě(idiom) to eagerly seek talented people
• 饮鸩止渴yǐn zhèn zhǐ kělit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst (idiom)…

Characters built on 曷

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

• 喝hēto drink; variant of 嗬
• 葛gékudzu (Pueraria lobata); hemp cloth
• 遏èto restrain; to check; to hold back
• 褐hèbrown; gray or dark color; coarse hemp cloth
• 谒yèto visit (a superior)
• 猲hèfrightened; terrified

Characters that look like 渴

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

• 揭jiēto take the lid off; to expose; to unmask
• 遏èto restrain; to check; to hold back
• 蒲púrefers to various monocotyledonous flowering plants including Acorus calamus and Typha…
• 焉yānwhere; how
• 淄zīblack; name of a river
• 漓lípattering (of rain); seep through

Sounds the same

Read kě, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 可(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit
• 轲used in 轗軻
• 岢used in 岢岚
• 炣(literary) fire; flame
• 坷used in 坎坷