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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kè | ke4
English translation
to be able to
to subdue
to restrain
to overcome
gram
Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 ares
variant of [kè]
to overthrow
variant of
>[kè]
Ke (c. 2000 BC), seventh of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝 Yán dì [Yán dì] descended from Shennong 神農
>神农 Shén nóng [Shén nóng] Farmer God
to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kēi | kei1
English translation
to scold
to beat

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

Contains the radical

ér

Part of speech

Numeral / 数词 shù cí Shù cí

Learning hint

A weapon  shí used to subdue a beast xiōng

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

十兄

Explanation

Pictograph of a person ( rén ) carrying a heavy weight on their back.

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相当 xiāngdāng 克制 kèzhì 自己 zìjǐ ,声张 shēng zhāng de fēn le shǒu .

He was so moderate as to leave her without noise.

克鲁: 什么 shénme ? 我们 wǒmen huì de . āi yōu !

C: What? We are gonna die of thirst. Oh no!

如果 rúguǒ zài 五秒之内 zhī nèi shuì xiē 什么 shénme , jiù huì 知道 zhīdào zhè jiàn 夹克 jiā kè 超过 chāoguò 1000.

If you don't say anything in five seconds, I'll know it was over

de liǎn ,好象 hǎo xiàng 墨西哥 Mò xī gē 印第安人 Yìn dì ān rén (阿兹 Tái 克人) diāo jiā shì 着刻出来 chū lái de 塞巴斯蒂安 Sāi bā sī dì ān 的雕 xiàng .

He has the face as though an Aztec sculptor had attempted a portrait of Seba stian.

杰克 Jié kè 比利 Bǐ lì 一样 yīyàng 饿 è le .

Jacky was just as hungry as Billy.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to subdue
伊拉克 Yī lā kè Iraq伊拉克 Yī lā kè
杰克 Jié kè Jack (name)傑克
巧克力 qiǎokèlì chocolate (loanword)巧克力 qiǎokèlì
克服 kèfú to conquer克服 kèfú
马克思主义 Mǎ kè sī zhǔ yì Marxism馬克思主義
马克 Mǎ kè Mark (name)馬克
坦克 tǎn kè tank (military vehicle) (loanword)坦克 tǎn kè
麦克 Mài kè Mike (name)麥克
弗兰克 Fú lán kè Frank (name)弗蘭克
乌克兰 Wū kè lán Ukraine烏克蘭
克隆 kè lóng clone (loanword)克隆 kè lóng
马克思 Mǎ kè sī Marx (name)馬克思
迈克尔 Mài kè ěr Michael (name)邁克爾
尼克 Ní kè Nick (name)尼克 Ní kè
克莱尔 Kè lái ěr Claire (name)克萊爾
夹克 jiā kè jacket (loanword)夾克
克林顿 Kè lín dùn Clinton (name)克林頓
奥林匹克 Aò lín pǐ kè Olympic奧林匹克
捷克 Jié kè Czech捷克 Jié kè
克制 kèzhì to restrain克制 kèzhì
休克 xiū kè shock (loanword)休克 xiū kè
力克 lì kè to prevail with difficulty力克 lì kè

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Decomposition

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Compounds

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    • , jīng , , shí kè , qiān kè , fēn kè , háo kè , bǎi kè , lí kè , qíng , , , , ,
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