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轲 is a 9 stroke, simplified Chinese character and is pronounced as kē in the first tone, however it can also be pronounced as kě.
In traditional Chinese the character 軻 is used.
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Pronunciation
We found 2 pronunciations for 轲
Definitions for 轲 pronounced as kē
- given name of Mencius
Definitions for 轲 pronounced as kě
- see 轗軻|轗轲[kan3 ke3]
Vocabulary
The most common words for 轲 — see all
- Jing Ke (-227 BC), celebrated in verse and fiction as would-be assassin of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇)
- Mencius 孟子 (c. 372-c. 289), Confucian philosopher
- variant of 坎坷[kan3 ke3]
- bumpy (of a road)
- rough (of life)