Chinese Character Wiki
柯

kē

axe-handle

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 可 represents the sound.

Components
木 meaning component

木  Meaning component

mù

  

tree

可 sound component

可  Sound component

kě, kè

  

able to

Evolution

柯 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
柯 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
柯 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
柯 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
柯 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

柯  

kē

axe-handle; stalk, bough; surname; tree branch; stem; ax handle

柯  

Kē

surname Ke

Most common words with 柯
Freq.
Word
Meaning

柯

stem

柯达

Kodak (brand, US film company)

柯林斯

Collins (name)

斯柯达

Škoda, Czech Republic car manufacturer, a subsidiary of Volkswagen Group

柯林

Colin (name)

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

可

Remnant component in 1 character (1 verified)

可

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[k]ˤar

ka

kē

axe-handle


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 5.5742% of movies

1593rd most common character in movies

1903rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+67EF

Shuowen

“柯，斧柄也。从木，可聲。”


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