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肯
kěn
1. to agree
2. to consent
3. to be ready (to do sth)
4. willing
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

肯
kěn
to agree to, to consent, to permit; ready, willing
HSK 4 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

林肯
Línkěn
Lincoln (name)
中肯
zhòngkěn
pertinent
肯特
Kěntè
Kent (English county)
肯定
kěndìng
to be sure
HSK 4
宁肯
nìngkěn
would rather...
HSK 6
肯亚
Kěnyà
Kenya (Tw) (written as [[肯尼亞|肯尼亚]] in PRC)
麦肯锡
Màikěnxī
MacKenzie
林肯郡
Línkěnjùn
Lincolnshire (English county)
肯塔基
Kěntǎjī
Kentucky, US state
肯定句
kěndìngjù
affirmative sentence
肯尼亚
Kěnníyà
Kenya
肯尼迪
Kěnnídí
Kennedy (name)
肯德基
Kěndéjī
KFC
肯德拉
Kěndélā
Kendra (name)
肯沃伦
KěnWòlún
Ken Warren (1926-1989), American adventurer and river runner
阿肯色
Ākěnsè
Arkansas, US state
发言中肯
fāyánzhòngkěn
to hit the nail on the head (idiom)
真肯定句
zhēnkěndìngjù
true affirmative (TA)
阿肯色州
Ākěnsèzhōu
Arkansas, US state
肯尼迪角
Kěnnídíjiǎo
Cape Kennedy, name 1963-1973 of Cape Canaveral [[卡納維拉爾角|卡纳维拉尔角<Kǎnàwéilāěrjiǎo>]], Florida

Alternate Entries

肯
kěn
old variant of [[肯<kěn>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
859
Word Frequency Rank
1,121 of 84,292