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颗

kē

HSK 5 Character Traditional 顆

What 颗 means

1. classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc

Example sentences

• 哪颗牙痛？
  Which tooth hurts?
• 几颗苹果？
  How many apples?
• 你有两颗球。
  You have two balls.
• 好大一颗钻。
  The demand is huge.
• 买一颗苹果。
  Buy an apple.
• 买几颗苹果。
  Buy a few apples.

Words starting with 颗

• 颗粒kē lìkernel; granule; granulated (sugar, chemical product)
• 颗粒物kē lì wùparticulate matter (PM)
• 颗粒归仓kē lì guī cāngto gather all the harvested grain into the granary; to harvest every single grain
• 颗粒无收kē lì wú shōunot a single grain was reaped (as in a bad harvest year)

Words containing 颗

• 细颗粒物xì kē lì wùfine particle (PM 2.5); fine particulate matter (air pollution etc)
• 分泌颗粒fēn mì kē lìsecretory granule
• 一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō tānglit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)…
• 一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅粥yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōusee 一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥

Characters built on 果

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

• 课kèsubject; course; class
• 棵kēclassifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc
• 窠kēnest
• 稞kē(wheat)
• 髁kēcondyles
• 锞kègrease-pot for cart; ingot
• 骒kè(bound form) (of a horse, mule, camel etc) female

Characters that look like 颗

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

• 题títopic; problem for discussion; exam question
• 照zhàoaccording to; in accordance with; to shine
• 频pínfrequency; frequently; repetitious
• 颖yǐnghead of grain; husk; tip
• 夥huǒ(literary) many; numerous
• 粼línclear (as of water)

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
• 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
• 钶columbium
• 坷used in 坷垃
• 蝌used in 蝌蚪
• 稞(wheat)