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克
kè
1. to be able to
2. to subdue
3. to restrain
4. to overcome
5. gram
6. Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 ares
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 7 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

克
kè
to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations
HSK 4 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

朋克
péngkè
punk (music style) (loanword)
逊克
Xùnkè
Xunke county in Heihe [[黑河<Hēihé>]], Heilongjiang
夸克
kuākè
quark (particle physics)
攻克
gōngkè
to capture
HSK 6
茄克
jiākè
variant of [[夾克|夹克<jiākè>]]
迪克
Díkè
Dick (person name)
努克
Nǔkè
Nuuk, capital of Greenland
坦克
tǎnkè
tank (military vehicle) (loanword)
徐克
XúKè
Tsui Hark (1951-), Chinese movie director and producer
扑克
pūkè
poker (game) (loanword)
派克
Pàikè
Pike or Peck (name)
腊克
làkè
lacquer (loanword)
贝克
Bèikè
Baker or Becker (name)
贝克
bèikè
becquerel (unit of radioactivity, symbol Bq)
克隆
kèlóng
clone (loanword)
力克
lìkè
to prevail with difficulty
克莱
Kèlái
Clay (name)
厘克
líkè
centigram
夹克
jiākè
jacket (loanword)
库克
Kùkè
Cook (name)

Alternate Entries

克
Kè
Ke (c. 2000 BC), seventh of the legendary Flame Emperors, [[炎帝<Yándì>]] descended from Shennong [[神農|神农<Shénnóng>]] Farmer God
HSK 5
克
kè
variant of [[克<kè>]] / to subdue / to overthrow / to restrain
HSK 5
克
kēi
to scold / to beat
HSK 5
克
kè
variant of [[剋|克<kè>]]
HSK 5

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
261
Word Frequency Rank
66 of 84,292