Chinese Character Wiki
克

kè, kēi

subdue

Pictograph of a person (人) carrying a heavy weight on their back.

Components
◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts a heavy load being carried on the back.

人 iconic component

人  Iconic component

rén

  

person

Evolution

克 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
克 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
克 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
克 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
克 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

克  

Kè

abbr. for 克羅地亞|克罗地亚[Kè​luó​dì​yà], Croatia; (Tw) abbr. for 克羅埃西亞|克罗埃西亚[Kè​luó​'āi​xī​yà], Croatia

克 (剋) 

kè

subdue, overcome; cut down; variant of 克[kè]; to subdue; to overthrow; to restrain

克 (剋) 

Kè

Ke (c. 2000 BC), seventh of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yán​dì] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shén​nóng] Farmer God

克 (剋) 

kēi

to scold; to beat

克 (尅) 

kè

variant of 剋|克[kè]

Most common words with 克
Freq.
Word
Meaning

克

to subdue

伊拉克

Iraq

杰克

Jack (name)

巧克力

chocolate (loanword)

克服

to conquer

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (1 verified)

剋 氪

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*kʰˤək

khok

kè

carry; able; dominate


Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 67.8039% of movies

157th most common character in movies

262nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Traditional

剋

Unicode

U+514B

Shuowen

“克，肩也。象屋下刻木之形。，古文克。，亦古文克。”


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