颗 (kē): classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc
颗 (kē) is a Chinese character meaning “classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 果 (semantic) and 页 (phonetic). It ranks #1439 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 颗 grain. Its radical form 页 (page) appears in many related characters such as 页 (xié, head), 顺 (shùn, to obey), 须 (xū, must).
Definitions
- classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 颗粒 | kē lì | kernel |
| 颗粒无收 | kē lì wú shōu | not a single grain was reaped (as in a bad harvest year) |
| 细颗粒物 | xì kē lì wù | fine particle (PM 2.5) |
| 一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤 | yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō tāng | lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom) |
| 颗粒物 | kē lì wù | particulate matter (PM) |
| 一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅粥 | yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu | see 一粒老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥|一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥[yi1 li4 lao3 shu3 shi3 huai4 le5 yi1 guo1 zhou1] |
| 分泌颗粒 | fēn mì kē lì | secretory granule |
| 颗粒归仓 | kē lì guī cāng | to gather all the harvested grain into the granary |
颗 appears in 8 compound words: 50 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 50 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 颗 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
颗字在日常生活中使用频率中等。
kē zì zài rì cháng shēng huó zhōng shǐ yòng pín lǜ zhōng děng .
The character "颗" is used moderately frequently in daily life.
...印0050还0056”内行看傻:心脏很大颗唉
. . . yìn 0 0 5 0 hái 0 0 5 6 nèi háng kàn shǎ : xīn zāng hěn dà kē āi
... Print 0050 and 0056 "Insiders look stupid: the heart is big, alas
中钢员工餐厅年销百万颗月饼、自助餐75元夹到饱...“亏钱也要...
zhōng gāng yuán gōng cān tīng nián xiāo bǎi wàn kē yuè bǐng , zì zhù cān 7 5 yuán jiā dào bǎo . . . kuī qián yě yāo . . .
The annual sales of one million mooncakes in the staff restaurant of China Steel and the buffet for 75 yuan...
英男飞美国大扫货!买“10颗硬碟”送纽约5天4夜 惊人价差曝光
yīng nán fēi měi guó dà sǎo huò ! mǎi 1 0 kē yìng dié sòng niǔ yuē 5 tiān 4 yè jīng rén jià chā pù guāng
British men fly to the United States to clean up goods! Buy "10 hard drives" and get 5 days and 4 nights in New York, and the amazing price difference is exposed
西屿民宅收假日前夜 突遭3颗钢弹珠袭击玻璃门
xī yǔ mín zhái shōu jiǎ rì qián yè tū zāo 3 kē gāng dàn zhū xí jī bō lí mén
On the eve of the holiday in Xiyu House, the glass door was suddenly attacked by 3 steel marbles
(新春走基层)从塔里木河到钱塘江:一颗“石榴籽”的..
( xīn chūn zǒu jī céng ) cóng tǎ lǐ mù hé dào qián táng jiāng : yī kē shí 榴 zǐ de . .
From the Tarim River to the Qiantang River: a "pomegranate seed":
汤姆偷了一颗苹果。
Tāngmǔ tōu le yī kē píngguǒ.
Tom stole an apple.
雅尼的挡风玻璃上有一颗星形碎片。
Yǎ ní de dǎngfēngbōli shàng yǒu yī kē xīng xíng suìpiàn.
Yanni has a star chip in his windshield.
你要再来颗苹果吗？
Nǐ yào zài lái kē píngguǒ ma?
Would you like another apple?
我们能拯救这颗星球吗？
Wǒmen néng zhěngjiù zhè kē xīngqiú ma?
Can we save the planet?
Character Family
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