kě
clod of earth
Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 可 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 坷
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
bumpy (of a road) | ||
uneven (path) | ||
potholed and bumpy road (idiom); fig. full of disappointment and dashed hopes | ||
(dialect) clod (of earth) | ||
to have a tough life |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3872nd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 8 |
Unicode | U+5777 |
Shuowen | “坷，坎坷也。从土，可聲。” |
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