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核
hé
1. pit
2. stone
3. nucleus
4. nuclear
5. to examine
6. to check
7. to verify
Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

核
hé
core, kernel; nut, seed; atom
HSK 5 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

似核
sìhé
nucleoid (of prokaryotic cell)
内核
nèihé
kernel (computer science)
原核
yuánhé
prokaryotic (cell)
反核
fǎnhé
anti-nuclear (e.g. protest)
地核
dìhé
core of the earth (geology)
审核
shěnhé
to audit
审核
shěnhé
see [[審核|审核<shěnhé>]]
形核
xínghé
nucleation
复核
fùhé
to reconsider
成核
chénghé
nucleation
查核
cháhé
to check
查核
cháhé
to check
核仁
hérén
nucleolus (within nucleus of cell)
核准
hézhǔn
to authorize
核势
héshì
nuclear potential
核试
héshì
nuclear weapons test
核四
Hésì
Fourth Nuclear Power Plant near New Taipei City [[新北市<Xīnběishì>]], Taiwan
核型
héxíng
karyotype (genetics)
核威
héwēi
nuclear strength
核子
hézi
nuclear

Alternate Entries

核
hé
variant of [[核<hé>]] / to investigate

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
827
Word Frequency Rank
1,711 of 84,292