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柯 (kē): Stroke Order, Meaning & How to Write

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柯 (kē): Axe-handle — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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3.

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4.

Related Words: 柯

柯尔 • Kē'ěr • Cole (name)

Kē柯

ěr尔

Cole (name)

柯达 • Kēdá • Kodak (brand)

Kē柯

dá达

Kodak (brand)

柯林斯 • Kēlín sī • Collins (name)

Kē柯

lín林

sī斯

Collins (name)

5.

Example Sentences

Wǒ我

de的

Zhōng中

wén文

lǎo老

shī师

xìng姓

Kē柯

。

My Chinese teacher's surname is Ke.

Kē柯

xiān先

shēng生

shì是

yī一

wèi位

zhù著

míng名

de

Kē柯

xiǎo小

jiě姐

lái来

zì自

Shàng上

hǎi海

，

tā

Kē柯

ěr尔

shì是

wǒ我

de的

hǎo好

péng朋

yǒu友

Kē柯

lín林

sī斯

cí词

diǎn典

hěn很

yǒu有

míng名

Kē柯

lǎo老

shī师

jiào教

wǒ我

men们

shù数

xué学

Kē柯

dá达

gōng公

sī司

céng曾

jīng经

shēng生

chǎn产

jiāo

Information

Pinyinkē

Meaningaxe-handle; stalk, bough; surname

Strokes9

Radical木

Traditional—

StructureLeft-Right

Frequency#1903

Zhuyinㄎㄜ

UnicodeU+67EF

CangjieDMNR

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的

yī医

shēng生

。

Mr. Ke (surname) is a famous doctor.

她

de的

xìng姓

shì氏

shì是

Kē柯

。

Miss Ke (surname) is from Shanghai; her surname is Ke.

。

Cole is my good friend.

。

The Collins dictionary is very famous.

。

Teacher Ke (surname) teaches us math.

胶

juǎn卷

。

Kodak company used to produce film.

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Characters pronounced "ke".

颗kēgrain; [measure word for anything small and roundish]
壳késhell, hard outer covering
瞌kēdoze off; sleepy
蝌kētadpole
嗑kèto crack with teeth; to take drugs
渴kěthirsty

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Characters with radical "木".

榻tàcot, couch, bed
桦huàtype of birch
檬méngtype of locust oracacia
桓huánvariety of tree; surname
札zháletter, note; correspondence
楞léngused for Ceylon in Buddhist texts

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