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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)

减核
jiǎnhé
nuclear weapons reduction (abbr. of [[裁减核武器]])
非核
fēihé
non-nuclear
核素
hésù
nuclide
氘核
dāohé
deuteron
覆核
fùhé
to review
双核
shuānghé
dual core (computing)
核武
héwǔ
nuclear weapon
核糖
hétáng
ribose
核苷
hégān
nucleoside
极核
jíhé
polar nucleus
真核
zhēnhé
eukaryotic
考核
kǎohé
to examine
HSK 6
重核
zhònghé
heavy nucleus
防核
fánghé
nuclear defense
核威
héwēi
nuclear strength
核心
héxīn
core
HSK 5
核算
hésuàn
to calculate
核弹
hédàn
nuclear warhead
核能
hénéng
nuclear energy
地核
dìhé
core of the earth (geology)

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

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