kěn
agree
Original meaning:
meat attached to bone
Depicts meat (⺼) attached to a bone (冎). Based on the original meaning "meat attached to bone". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
Evolution
Clerical script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 肯
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to be certain | ||
to agree | ||
KFC | ||
Kennedy (name) | ||
Lincoln (name) |
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*kʰˤəŋʔ | khongX | kěn | to be willing |
Statistics
HSK level 6
Appears in 86.9294% of movies
325th most common character in movies
860th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 8 |
Unicode | U+80AF |
Sources
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