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克
剋
kēi
1. to scold
2. to beat
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 7 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

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

Compound Words (1)

挨克
áikēi
to be rebuked

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
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
克
kè
variant of [[克<kè>]] / to subdue / to overthrow / to restrain
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

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