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瞌

kē

Character

What 瞌 means

1. used in {瞌睡|kē shuì}

Example sentences

• 汤姆在会议期间打瞌睡。
  Tāngmǔ zài huìyì qījiān dǎkēshuì.
  Tom dozed off during the meeting.
• 汤姆在法语课上打瞌睡了。
  Tāngmǔ zài Fǎyǔ kè shàng dǎkēshuì le.
  Tom dozed off in French class.

Words starting with 瞌

• 瞌睡kē shuìdrowsy; to doze; to nap
• 瞌睡虫kē shuì chóngmythological insect that makes people doze off; (fig.) drowsiness…

Words containing 瞌

• 打瞌睡dǎ kē shuìto doze off

Characters built on 盍

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

• 嗑kèto crack (seeds) between one's teeth
• 磕kēto tap; to knock (against sth hard); (esp.) to knock…
• 阖hédoor; to close; whole
• 溘kèsuddenly

Characters that look like 瞌

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

• 瘟wēnepidemic; pestilence; plague; (fig.) stupid; dull; (of a performance) lackluster
• 磕kēto tap; to knock (against sth hard); (esp.) to knock…
• 踱duóto pace; to stroll; Taiwan pr. duò
• 缰jiāngbridle; reins; halter
• 蜢měnggrasshopper
• 辕yuánshaft of a cart or carriage; (bound form) entrance gate of a military camp or yamen…

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
• 珂jade-like stone
• 苛severe; exacting
• 窠nest
• 钶columbium
• 坷used in 坷垃
• 蝌used in 蝌蚪
• 稞(wheat)