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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kē | ke1
English translation
axe-handle, bough, stalk; surname

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

wood

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

木可

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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安娜 Ān nà ?柯柏 cháng bìng Měi , Néng shuì Chǒu .

Anna Cowperwood was not pretty, though she could not be said to be homely.

安娜 Ān nà · bǎi cháng bìng Měi , Néng shuì Chǒu .

Anna Cowperwood was not pertty , though she could not be said to be homely.

zhuàn de Qián 咱们 zámen zǒng 可以 kěyǐ Huā le , 艾莱柯? ”

We can spend that, can we, Aleck? "

西耳佛斯脱· Měi 先生 Xiānsheng 最后 zuìhòu zhì qióng cái jié le , 便 biàn Xiàng 柯帕乌诉苦 sù kǔ .

Mr. Sylvester Toomey was finally at his wit's end, and complained to Cowperwood.

只要 zhǐyào 关照 guānzhào 一下 yīxià 柯黎兰, jiào 每天 měi tiān 早上 zǎoshang cǎi duǒ lái jiù háng .

Suppose you just tell Clellan to collect a few each morning.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
stem
柯达 Kē dá Kodak (brand, US film company)柯達
柯林斯 Kē lín sī Collins (name)柯林斯 Kē lín sī
斯柯达 Sī kē dá Škoda, Czech Republic car manufacturer, a subsidiary of Volkswagen Group斯柯達
柯林 Kē lín Colin (name)柯林 Kē lín
古柯 gǔ kē (botany) coca (source of cocaine)古柯 gǔ kē
福柯 Fú kē Michel Foucault (1926-1984), French philosopher福柯 Fú kē
柯尔克孜 Kē ěr kè zī Kyrghiz ethnic group of Xinjiang柯爾克孜
柯棣华 Kē dì huá Dwarkanath Kotnis (1910-1942), one of five Indian doctors sent to China to provide medical assistance during the Second Sino-Japanese War柯棣華
柯尔克孜族 Kē ěr kè zī zú Kyrghiz ethnic group of Xinjiang柯爾克孜族
南柯一梦 Nán kē yī mèng lit. a dream of Nanke南柯一夢

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