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核

hé

seed, kernel, core

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

Components
木 meaning component

木  Meaning component

mù

  

tree

亥 sound component

亥  Sound component

hài

  

12th terrestrial branch

Evolution

核 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
核 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
核 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

核  

hé

seed, kernel, core, nut; atom; pit; stone; nucleus; nuclear; to examine; to check; to verify

核 (覈) 

hé

variant of 核[hé]; to investigate

Most common words with 核
Freq.
Word
Meaning

核心

core

核

pit

核弹

nuclear warhead

考核

to examine

核武器

nuclear weapon

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[g]ˤ<r>ək

heak

hé

kernel fruit; scrutinize


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 18.4206% of movies

1301st most common character in movies

828th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+6838

Shuowen

“核，蠻夷以木皮為篋，狀如籨尊。从木，亥聲。”


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