CHARACTERS / KE

“ke” is 12 characters.

Chinese has many characters with the same sound. The tone and the shape tell them apart.

1. 客kècustomerHSK 1 · TONE 4
2. 可kě(prefix) canHSK 2 · TONE 3
3. 课kèsubjectHSK 2 · TONE 4
4. 刻kèquarter (hour)HSK 3 · TONE 4
5. 渴kěthirstyHSK 3 · TONE 3
6. 克kèto be able toHSK 4 · TONE 4
7. 咳kécoughHSK 4 · TONE 2
8. 棵kēclassifier for trees, cabbages, plants etcHSK 4 · TONE 1
9. 科kēbranch of studyHSK 4 · TONE 1
10. 颗kēclassifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etcHSK 5 · TONE 1
11. 壳ké(coll.) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc)HSK 6 · TONE 2
12. 磕kēto tapHSK 6 · TONE 1