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克
剋
Kè
1. Ke (c. 2000 BC), seventh of the legendary Flame Emperors, [[炎帝<Yándì>]] descended from Shennong [[神農|神农<Shénnóng>]] Farmer God
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 7 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

克
kè
to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations
HSK 4 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

丁克
dīngkè
Dual Income, No Kids (DINK) (loanword)
不克
bùkè
cannot
休克
xiūkè
shock (loanword)
杰克
Jiékè
Jack (name)
克俭
kèjiǎn
thrift
克制
kèzhì
to restrain
HSK 6
克勒
Kèlè
Keller or Köhler (name)
克山
Kèshān
Keshan county in Qiqihar [[齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔<Qíqíhāěr>]], Heilongjiang
克拉
kèlā
carat (mass) (loanword)
克文
Kèwén
Kevin (name)
克日
kèrì
to set a date
克服
kèfú
(try to) overcome (hardships etc)
HSK 5
克朗
kèlǎng
krone (currency of Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Sweden) (loanword)
克期
kèqī
to set a date
克东
Kèdōng
Kedong county in Qiqihar [[齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔<Qíqíhāěr>]], Heilongjiang
克莱
Kèlái
Clay (name)
克西
kèXī
xi or ksi (Greek letter Ξξ)
克隆
kèlóng
clone (loanword)
公克
gōngkè
gram
分克
fēnkè
decigram

Alternate Entries

克
kè
to be able to / to subdue / to restrain / to overcome / gram / Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 ares
HSK 5
克
kè
variant of [[克<kè>]] / to subdue / to overthrow / to restrain
HSK 5
克
kēi
to scold / to beat
HSK 5
克
kè
variant of [[剋|克<kè>]]
HSK 5

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
261
Word Frequency Rank
66 of 84,292