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钶

kē

Character Traditional 鈳

What 钶 means

1. columbium

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

Characters that look like 钶

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

• 钢gāngsteel
• 钙gàicalcium (chemistry)
• 钼mùmolybdenum (chemistry)
• 铆mǎoto fasten with a rivet; to rivet; to hammer in a rivet…
• 钽tǎntantalum (chemistry)
• 铈shìcerium (chemistry)

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
• 瞌used in 瞌睡
• 坷used in 坷垃
• 蝌used in 蝌蚪
• 稞(wheat)