柯 (Kē): surname Ke, (literary) branch, stem, stalk
柯 (Kē) is a Chinese character meaning “surname ke.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), with radical 木 (tree). It ranks #1593 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- surname Ke
- (literary) branch
- stem
- stalk
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 柯达 | kē dá | Kodak (brand, US film company) |
| 柯林斯 | kē lín sī | Collins (name) |
| 柯林 | kē lín | Colin (name) |
| 古柯 | gǔ kē | (botany) coca (source of cocaine) |
| 柯那克里 | kē nà kè lǐ | Conakry, capital of Guinea (Tw) |
| 柯南·道尔 | kē nán · dào ěr | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), author of the Sherlock Holmes stories 歇洛克·福爾摩斯|歇洛克·福尔摩斯 |
| 克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州 | kè zī lè sū kē ěr kè zī zì zhì zhōu | Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture, in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region 新疆維吾爾自治區|新疆维吾尔自治区[Xin1 jiang1 Wei2 wu2 er3... |
| 南柯一梦 | nán kē yī mèng | lit. a dream of Nanke |
| 柯里化 | kē lǐ huà | (computing) currying |
| 柯沙奇病毒 | kē shā qí bìng dú | Coxsackievirus |
| 斯柯达 | sī kē dá | Škoda, Czech Republic car manufacturer, a subsidiary of Volkswagen Group |
| 柯萨奇病毒 | kē sà qí bìng dú | Coxsachie A intestinal virus |
| 伊士曼柯达公司 | yī shì màn kē dá gōng sī | Eastman Kodak Company (US film company) |
| 柯尔克孜语 | kē ěr kè zī yǔ | Kyrghiz language |
| 柯城区 | kē chéng qū | Kecheng district of Quzhou city 衢州市[Qu2 zhou1 shi4], Zhejiang |
柯 appears in 37 compound words: 70 as the first character, 14 as the last, and 16 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
爷爷在门前种了一棵柯苗，现在已经长得很高了。
yé yé zài mén qián zhǒng le yī kē Kē miáo , xiàn zài yǐ jīng cháng dé hěn gāo le .
Grandpa planted a young sycamore tree in front of the house, and it has grown quite tall now.
赖总统:感谢柯建铭25年来始终站在第一线 完成交棒传承...
lài zǒng tǒng : gǎn xiè Kē jiàn míng 2 5 nián lái shǐ zhōng zhàn zài dì yī xiàn wán chéng jiāo bàng chuán chéng . . .
柯建铭卸任总召!赖清德致上最高敬意:为民主...
Kē jiàn míng xiè rèn zǒng zhào ! lài qīng dé zhì shàng zuì gāo jìng yì : wéi mín zhǔ . . .
柯建铭万年总召卸任 10年幕僚全说了:跟助...
Kē jiàn míng wàn nián zǒng zhào xiè rèn 1 0 nián mù liáo quán shuō le : gēn zhù . . .
柯瑞监制、配音发威!《山羊巅峰》逆袭狂卖3...
Kē ruì jiān zhì , pèi yīn fā wēi ! shān yáng diān fēng nì xí kuáng mài 3 . . .
Character Family
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