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核 hé

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核 hé Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
hé | he2
English translation
pit
stone
nucleus
nuclear
to examine
to check
to verify
variant of 核 hé [hé]
to investigate
core, kernel; nut, seed; atom

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About 核 hé

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

核 hé

Contains the radical

木 Mù

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

tree

Etymology of 核 hé

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰木亥

Semantic compound

木 Mù

Phonetic compound

亥 hài

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 木 Mù represents the meaning and 亥 hài represents the sound. Simplified form of 覈 hé .

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Example sentences using 核 hé

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核桃壳很 hěn 硬 yìng , 我 wǒ 不 bù 能 Néng 弄 lòng 破 pò 它 tā .

The nut shell is very strong, I can't crack it.

某些 mǒu xiē 病毒 bìngdú 的 de 核 hé 衣壳是 shì 由 yóu 被 bèi 膜 mó 所 suǒ 包 Bāo 绕 rào .

In some viruses the nucleocapsid is surrounded by an envelope.

自养 zì yǎng 突变 tū biàn 体 tǐ 是 shì 从 Cóng 同株同核融合 róng hé 类 lèi 群 qún 的 de 6个 gè 不同 bù tóng 的 de 原种菌系制备 zhì bèi 的 de .

Autotrophic mutants were prepared from six different stocks of the homoictic group.

汉斯 Hàn sī : 现在 xiànzài , 让 ràng 我 wǒ 来 lái 核 hé 对 duì 一下 yīxià .你 nǐ 的 de 全 Quán 名 míng 是 shì 安东尼 Ān dōng ní ·奥斯汀 Aò sī tīng , 对 duì 吗 mǎ ?

Hans: Now, let me just check a few things ． Your full name is Antony Austin, right?

核 hé 质 zhì 被 bèi 核 hé 膜 mó 包裹 bāoguǒ .

The nucleoplasm is surrounded by the nuclear envelope.

Words with 核 hé

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
核心 héxīn core核心 héxīn
核 hé pit核 hé
核弹 hé dàn nuclear warhead核彈
考核 kǎohé to examine考核 kǎohé
核武器 hé wǔ qì nuclear weapon核武器 hé wǔ qì
审核 shěn hé to audit審核
核实 hé shí to verify核實
核磁共振 hé cí gòng zhèn nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)核磁共振 hé cí gòng zhèn
核对 hé duì to check核對
核查 hé chá to examine核查 hé chá
核桃 hé tao walnut核桃 hé tao
核算 hé suàn to calculate核算 hé suàn
核电站 hé diàn zhàn nuclear power plant核電站
核准 hé zhǔn to authorize核准 hé zhǔn
核能 hé néng nuclear energy核能 hé néng
肺结核 fèi jié hé TB肺結核
核子 hé zǐ nuclear核子 hé zǐ
结核 jié hé tuberculosis結核
核定 hé dìng to audit and determine核定 hé dìng
内核 nèi hé kernel (computer science)內核
复核 fù hé to reconsider復核
核反应堆 hé fǎn yìng duī nuclear reactor核反應堆
核弹头 hé dàn tóu nuclear warhead核彈頭
核电 hé diàn nuclear power核電

核 hé Decomposition & Compounds

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核 hé Decomposition

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