渴 (kě): meaning and stroke order
渴 (kě) means thirsty.
渴
- Simplified
- 渴
- Traditional
- 渴 (same form)
- Pinyin
- kě
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Stroke order of 渴
渴
- kě thirsty
- 12 strokes
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Meaning of 渴
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kě
- thirsty
Radical and structure
- 渴
- Radical 水 (Kangxi radical 85) · 12 strokes · 氵 on the left, 曷 on the right
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Words with 渴
渴 in our stories
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然而，他实在太累太渴了，还没跑到大泽，就像一座山一样轰然倒下，再也没有起来。
rán'ér tā shízài tài lèi tài kě le hái méi pǎo dào dàzé jiù xiàng yí zuò shān yíyàng hōngrán dǎo xià zài yě méiyǒu qǐlai
But he was far too tired and too thirsty; before he reached the marsh he fell like a collapsing mountain and never rose again.
From the story Kuafu chases the sun HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Stories using 渴
- Kuafu chases the sun HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).