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轲

kě

Character Traditional 軻

What 轲 means

1. used in 轗軻|𫐘{轲|kǎn kě}

Other readings

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

• Kēgiven name of Mencius

Words containing 轲

• 荆轲Jīng KēJing Ke (-227 BC), celebrated in verse and fiction as would-be assassin of King Ying…
• 孟轲Mèng KēMencius 孟子 (c. 372-c. 289), Confucian philosopher
• 𫐘轲kǎn kě(literary) variant of 坎坷

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
• 珂kējade-like stone
• 诃hēto scold

Sounds the same

Read kě, tone for tone, but written differently.

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