珂

kē
#3,614 most
frequent character
jade-like stone

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

珂 joins 𤣩 jade with 可 kě, a sound part whose tone differs. It first meant inferior jade. From that came jade-like stone.

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Homophones

HSK 4
棵kē
"classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc"
HSK 5
颗kē
"classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc"
HSK 6
磕kē
to tap, knock
科kē
subject, family, section
柯kē
(literary) branch, stem, stalk

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