轲

Traditional (Taiwan): 軻

kē ㄎㄜ

    • given name of Mencius

Cantonese: o1

Other words read kē

In the same tone

  • 科 kē field
  • 颗 kē classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc
  • 珂 kē jade-like stone
  • 磕 kē tap
  • 棵 kē classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc
  • 柯 kē branch
  • 苛 kē severe
  • 颏 kē chin
  • 峇 kē cave
  • 窠 kē nest
  • 髁 kē condyles
  • 蝌 kē used in 蝌蚪 kēdǒu

All 25 words read kē

ke with other tones

  • 可 kě can
  • 克 kè be able to
  • 客 kè customer
  • 课 kè subject
  • 刻 kè quarter
  • 壳 ké shell
  • 咳 ké cough
  • 渴 kě thirsty
  • 恪 kè respectful
  • 缂 kè used in 缂丝 kèsī
  • 岢 kě used in 岢岚 kělán
  • 氪 kè krypton

All 44 words read ke in any tone

kě ㄎㄜˇ

Other words read kě

In the same tone

  • 可 kě can
  • 渴 kě thirsty
  • 岢 kě used in 岢岚 kělán
  • 坷 kě bumpy, uneven
  • 炣 kě fire

ke with other tones

  • 科 kē field
  • 克 kè be able to
  • 客 kè customer
  • 课 kè subject
  • 刻 kè quarter
  • 壳 ké shell
  • 颗 kē classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc
  • 珂 kē jade-like stone
  • 磕 kē tap
  • 棵 kē classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc
  • 咳 ké cough
  • 恪 kè respectful

All 44 words read ke in any tone

The stroke order and parts of 轲

    部首 radical
    车
    笔画 strokes
    9, with 5 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    车可
    形旁 meaning
    车
    声旁 sound
    可
    仓颉 Cangjie code
    大手一弓口 KQMNR
    五笔 Wubi code
    LSKG
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    Easy to confuse with 轲

    • 柯 Similar shape and sound

      Both are read kē with 可 on the right. 柯 has 木 (wood) and means a branch or handle, as in 枝柯; 轲 has 车 (cart) and is mainly used in names such as 孟轲.

    • 舸 Similar shape and sound

      Both have 可 on the right. 舸 (gě) has 舟 (boat) and means a large boat, as in 百舸争流 (bǎi gě zhēng liú); 轲 (kē) has 车 and is mostly seen in names such as 孟轲 (Mèng Kē).

    Words with 轲

    Ending with 轲

    • 荆轲 jīngkē Jing Ke (-227 BC), celebrated in verse and fiction as would-be assassin of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政
    • 孟轲 mèngkē Mencius 孟子 (c. 372-c. 289), Confucian philosopher
    • 𫐘轲 kǎnkě variant of 坎坷 kǎnkě

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