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磕
kè
1. variant of [[嗑<kè>]]
HSK 6 Common • Top 9% ✏️ 15 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

磕
kē
to collide, to hit, to knock, to tap
HSK 6 15 丶

Compound Words (5)

磕磕
kēkē
(onom.) knocking
磕头
kētóu
to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground)
磕膝盖
kēxīgài
(dialect) knee
磕磕巴巴
kēkēbābā
stammering
磕磕绊绊
kēkebànbàn
bumpy (of a road)

Alternate Entries

磕
kē
to tap / to knock (against sth hard) / to knock (mud from boots, ashes from a pipe etc)
HSK 6

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,990
Word Frequency Rank
7,992 of 84,292