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核 (hé): Stroke Order, Meaning & How to Write | HSK 7-9

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1.

Animated Stroke Order 核

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How to write 核 — animated stroke order

2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 核

核 stroke order diagram

3.

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核

核=

4.

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5.

How to Use 核

Verification and Checking

Words where 核 means to check, examine, or verify.

审核 • shěn hé • Review / Check • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

6.

HSK Vocabulary: 核

核心 • hé xīn • core; kernel; heart

HSK 5

hé核

xīn

7.

Example Sentences

chī吃

táo桃

zi子

de的

shí时

hou候

Information

Pinyinhé

Meaningpit, stone, core, nucleus

Strokes10

Radical木

Traditional覈

StructureLeft-Right

Frequency#1717

Zhuyinㄏㄜˊ

UnicodeU+6838

CangjieYRHVI

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The hard pit or seed of a fruit (木) that must be cracked open, like a nut's core — nucleus or kernel.

shěn审

hé核

Review / Check

核实 • hé shí • To verify / to check • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

hé核

shí实

To verify / to check

核查 • hé chá • Verification • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

hé核

chá查

Verification

Nuclear Energy and Weapons

Words where 核 refers to nuclear energy or atomic nucleus.

核能 • hé néng • Nuclear energy / nuclear power • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

hé核

néng能

Nuclear energy / nuclear power

核武器 • hé wǔ qì • Nuclear weapons • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

hé核

wǔ武

qì器

Nuclear weapons

核电站 • hé diàn zhàn • Nuclear power plant • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

hé核

diàn电

zhàn站

Nuclear power plant

心

core; kernel; heart

考核 • kǎo hé • examine; appraise; assess

HSK 6

kǎo考

hé核

examine; appraise; assess

核对 • hé duì • To check / to verify

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

hé核

duì对

To check / to verify

核桃 • hé tao • Walnut

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

hé核

tao桃

Walnut

，

bié别

wàng忘

le了

bǎ把

hé核

tǔ吐

chū出

lái来

。

When eating a peach, don't forget to spit out the pit.

tuán团

duì队

hé合

zuò作

shì是

xiàng项

mù目

dì的

hé核

xīn心

。

Teamwork is the core of the project.

wǒ我

men们

xū需

yào要

shěn审

hé核

zhè这

fèn份

bào报

gào告

。

We need to review this report.

Kē科

xué学

jiā家

yán研

jiū究

hé核

zǐ子

de的

jié结

gòu构

。

Scientists study the structure of the nucleus.

qǐng请

hé核

shí实

nǐ你

de的

míng名

zì字

。

Please verify your name.

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焦jiāoburned, scorched, charred
嚼jiáoto chew
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搅jiǎoto stir, to mix, to disturb
缴jiǎoto hand over, to pay, to capture
皆jiēall; each and every

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Characters pronounced "he".

涸hédried up; exhausted, tired; dry
菏hériver in Shandong province
褐hècoarse woolen cloth; dull, dark
劾héexamine into, impeach, charge
阖heclose; shut; whole
壑heravine; gorge; deep valley

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Same Radical

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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