肯
to agree; to consent; to be willing to
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,004 U+80AF
How 肯 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
To stop 止 flexing one's muscles ⺼
How to remember it
agree · Heisig RSH #383
trail of footprints + flesh
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 肯 as their sound component
These characters all use 肯 (kěn) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肯 sound component | kěn | to agree to, to consent, to permit; ready, willing |
| 啃 | kěn | to gnaw, to chew, to bite |
Words containing 肯
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阿肯色大学 | Ā kěn sè Dà xué | University of Arkansas |
| 肯尼迪航天中心 | Kěn ní dí Háng tiān Zhōng xīn | Kennedy space center, Cape Canaveral 卡納維拉爾角|卡纳维拉尔角[Ka3 na4 wei2 la1 er3 jiao3], Florida |
| 斯托肯立石圈 | Sī tuō kěn lì shí quān | Stonehenge stone circle |
| 肯德拉 | Kěn dé lā | Kendra (name) |
| 基孔肯雅热 | jī kǒng kěn yǎ rè | chikungunya fever |
| 阿肯色 | Ā kěn sè | Arkansas, US state |
| 肯德基 | Kěn dé jī | KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) |
| 肯尼亚 | Kěn ní yà | Kenya |
| 肯尼迪角 | Kěn ní dí jiǎo | Cape Kennedy, name 1963-1973 of Cape Canaveral 卡納維拉爾角|卡纳维拉尔角[Ka3 na4 wei2 la1 er3 jiao3], … |
| 库肯霍夫公园 | Kù kěn huò fū Gōng yuán | Keukenhof, flower garden in Netherlands |
| 肯塔基 | Kěn tǎ jī | Kentucky, US state |
| 肯普索恩 | Kěn pǔ suǒ ēn | (Dirk) Kempthorne (US Senator from Idaho) |
| 真肯定句 | zhēn kěn dìng jù | true affirmative (TA) |
| 假肯定句 | jiǎ kěn dìng jù | false affirmative |
| 萨尔布吕肯 | Sà ěr bù lǚ kěn | Saarbrücken, capital of Saarland, Germany |
| 肯尼迪 | Kěn ní dí | Kennedy (name); J.F. Kennedy (1917-1963), US Democrat politician, president 1961-1963 |
| 中肯 | zhòng kěn | pertinent; apropos |
| 肯特 | Kěn tè | Kent (English county) |
| 肯亚 | Kěn yà | (Tw) Kenya |
| 肯定 | kěn dìng | to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affi… |