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坷

kē
#3,863 most
frequent character
used in 坷垃[ke1la1]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

坷 pairs 土 earth with the sound 可 kě. It first meant rough or uneven. The meaning then grew to unfortunate.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

坷kě
used in 坎坷[kan3ke3]

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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