克
to be able to; to subdue; to restrain; to overcome; gram; Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 ares
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #43 U+514B
How 克 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A weapon 十 used to subdue a beast 兄
How to remember it
overcome · Heisig RSH #108
teenager + needle
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 克 as their sound component
These characters all use 克 (kè) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 克 sound component | kè | to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations |
| 氪 | kè | krypton |
Words containing 克
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 克山县 | Kè shān Xiàn | Keshan, a county in Qiqihar City 齊齊哈爾市|齐齐哈尔市[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3 Shi4], Heilongjiang |
| 不克 | bù kè | cannot; to not be able (to); to be unable to |
| 克国 | Kè guó | (Tw) abbr. for 克羅埃西亞|克罗埃西亚[Ke4 luo2 ai1 xi1 ya4] Croatia |
| 克山 | Kè shān | see 克山縣|克山县[Ke4 shan1 Xian4] |
| 马斯克 | Mǎ sī kè | Elon Musk (1971–), entrepreneur, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX |
| 克尔白 | Kè ěr bái | Ka'aba, sacred building in Mecca |
| 特克斯县 | Tè kè sī Xiàn | Tekes, a county in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州[Yi1 li2 Ha1 sa4 ke4 … |
| 马克 | Mǎ kè | Mark (name) |
| 马克 | mǎ kè | mark (monetary unit) |
| 克拉 | kè lā | carat (mass) (loanword) |
| 德国马克 | Dé guó mǎ kè | German mark |
| 克拉克 | Kè lā kè | (name) Clark or Clarke |
| 特克斯 | Tè kè sī | see 特克斯縣|特克斯县[Te4 ke4 si1 Xian4] |
| 特克斯 | tè kè sī | (textiles) (loanword) tex, a unit for the linear mass density of a fiber |
| 分克 | fēn kè | decigram |
| 克西 | kè xī | xi (Greek letter Ξ, ξ) |
| 公克 | gōng kè | gram |
| 法克 | fǎ kè | fuck (loanword) |
| 力克 | lì kè | to prevail with difficulty |
| 克文 | Kè wén | Kevin (name) |