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CHINESE CHARACTER

kē

棵

棵

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head

Numbered pinyin
ke1
English meanings
head, tuft, m.[general],

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 木; right 果.

Meaning & sound clues

木 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “tree”.

果 is identified as the sound component (guǒ). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 棵.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰木果

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    yī一kē棵shù树。

    A tree.

  2. 02

    yī一kē棵cài菜。

    A vegetable plant.

  3. 03

    zhǒng种le了yī一kē棵shù树。

    Planted a tree.

  4. 04

    jǐ几kē棵huā花。

    A few flower plants.

  5. 05

    zhè这kē棵hěn很dà大。

    This one is big.

  6. 06

    yī一kē棵xiǎo小cǎo草。

    A blade of grass.

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