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
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Cripps (name)
clone human
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Innsbruck, city in Austria
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Kubrick
Kursk (city)
Tikrit
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790); Franklin (name)
abbr. for Uzbekistan; Uzbek
Pickering (name)
Gjøvik (city in Oppland, Norway)
Sea of Okhotsk
Richter (name)
Accra, capital of Ghana
Martinique (French Caribbean island)
(Timothy) McVeigh
up quark (particle physics)
down quark (particle physics)
to not be able (to); to be unable to; cannot
acrylic (loanword); see also yā kè lì
acrylic (loanword); see also yā kè lì
Alexander Dubcek, Czech leader in 1968