to restrain; to subdue; to overthrow

HSK 4 #262

Character data

HSK 4
Frequency 262nd character
Radical ⼉ (10.5)
Strokes 7
Index # 675
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

克 kè
  1. 1. to restrain
  2. 2. to subdue
  3. 3. to overthrow
  4. 4. abbr. for kè luó dì yà, Croatia
  5. 5. TW abbr. for 西kè luó āi xī yà, Croatia
  6. 6. variant of
  7. 7. Ke (c. 2000 BC), seventh of the legendary Flame Emperors, yán dì descended from Shennong shén nóng Farmer God
克 kēi
  1. 1. to scold
  2. 2. to beat

Stroke order

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Words containing 克

Word Meaning
(music) punk (loanword)
Dual Income, No Kids (DINK) (loanword)
Krakow
Crimea
to deduct; to dock; to embezzle
Kazakh person; Kazakh people
Cossack (people)
Murdoch (name); Rupert Murdoch (1931-), media magnate
tank (armored vehicle)
Tajikistan
Czech Republic
tex, unit of fiber density (textiles) (loanword)
Saint Patrick
Oklahoma, US state
Crete
Micronesia in southwest pacific
Hippocrates, ancient Greek doctor
Acheron River in Epirus, northwest Greece
Lexus; see also líng zhì
to use softness to conquer strength (idiom)
Pericles, ancient Athenian leader
Clermont (French town); Claremont, California
Christchurch (New Zealand city)
Crete
Tajik ethnic group