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苛

kē

Character

What 苛 means

1. severe
2. exacting

Example sentences

• 我在慢慢习惯这苛刻的气候。
  I am slowly adjusting to the harsh climate here.

Words starting with 苛

• 苛刻kē kèharsh; severe; demanding
• 苛求kē qiúdemanding
• 苛性kē xìngcaustic (chemistry)
• 苛捐kē juānexorbitant levies
• 苛责kē zéto criticize harshly; to excoriate
• 苛捐杂税kē juān zá shuìexorbitant taxation (idiom)
• 苛性钠kē xìng nàsodium hydroxide NaOH; caustic soda
• 苛性钾kē xìng jiǎcaustic potash; potassium hydroxide KOH

Words containing 苛

• 严苛yán kēsevere; harsh

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
• 珂kējade-like stone
• 诃hēto scold
• 钶kēcolumbium

Characters that look like 苛

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

• 背bèithe back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from
• 青qīnggreen; blue; black
• 肯kěnto agree; to consent; to be willing to
• 秀xiù(bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful; (bound form) superior; excellent…
• 卦guàdivinatory diagram; one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易经…
• 弩nǔcrossbow

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