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珂

kē

Character

What 珂 means

1. jade-like stone

Words starting with 珂

• 珂罗版kē luó bǎncollotype (printing) (loanword)

Words containing 珂

• 爱罗先珂Ài luó xiān kēVasili Eroshenko (1890-1952), Russian writer and poet who wrote in Esperanto and Japanese

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
• 诃hēto scold
• 钶kēcolumbium

Characters that look like 珂

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

• 所suǒactually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc
• 郡jùncanton; county; region
• 珥ěrpearl or jade earring
• 咫zhǐ8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty
• 罔wǎngto deceive; there is none; old variant of 网
• 坷kēused in 坷垃

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
• 苛severe; exacting
• 窠nest
• 瞌used in 瞌睡
• 钶columbium
• 坷used in 坷垃
• 蝌used in 蝌蚪
• 稞(wheat)