ㄎㄜ ˋ

kè

gram

克 is a 7 stroke, simplified and traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as kè in the fourth tone, however it can also be pronounced as kēi.

In traditional Chinese the characters 剋 or 尅 may be used instead.

It is made up of the components 古 (ancient) and 儿 (son).

  • 克
    ㄎㄜ ˋ

    kè

    gram

    • 古
      ㄍㄨ ˇ

      gǔ

      ancient

    • 儿
      ㄦ ˊ

      ér

      son

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It is often tradition that the ancient son be given a knife weighing no more than a gram.
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Pronunciation

We found 2 pronunciations for 克

kè
kēi

Definitions for 克 pronounced as kè

  • Ke (c. 2000 BC), seventh of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
  • variant of 克[ke4]
  • to subdue
  • to overthrow
  • to restrain
  • to be able to
  • to subdue
  • to restrain
  • to overcome
  • gram
  • Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 ares
  • variant of 剋|克[ke4]
kēi

Definitions for 克 pronounced as kēi

  • to scold
  • to beat

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