柯
kē
tree branch; stem; ax handle
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Related words
- 干gāndryHSK 3
- 一枝独秀yī zhī dú xiùlit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom)
- 枝条zhī tiáobranch
- 梗gěngbranch
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柯 (kē) means "tree branch; stem; ax handle" in Chinese.
柯 is pronounced "kē" in Mandarin Chinese. The tone number is 1.
柯 is not part of the HSK vocabulary lists. It may be a specialized or advanced word.
Common words with 柯 include 伐柯 ((cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax), 古柯 ((botany) coca (source of cocaine)), 柯P (Professor Ko, nickname for Ko Wen-je 柯文哲[Ke1 Wen2 zhe2]), 柯坪 (Kelpin nahiyisi (Kelpin county) in Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区[A1 ke4 su1 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang), 柯城 (Kecheng district of Quzhou city 衢州市[Qu2 zhou1 shi4], Zhejiang).
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