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坷
kě
1. uneven (path)
2. unfortunate (in life)
Very Common • Top 6% ✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

坷
kě
uneven, bumpy; a clod of earth; a lump of soil
8 丶

Compound Words (5)

坎坷
kǎnkě
bumpy (of a road)
坷垃
kēlā
(dialect) clod (of earth)
命途坎坷
mìngtúkǎnkě
to have a tough life
坎坷不平
kǎnkěbùpíng
pot-holed and bumpy road (idiom); fig. full of disappointment and dashed hopes
坎坷多舛
kǎnkěduōchuǎn
full of trouble and misfortune (usu. referring to someone's life)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
3,871
Word Frequency Rank
4,775 of 84,292