| 剋 | |||
| subdue, overcome; cut down | |||
| Radical | 刀刁刂𠚣 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 7 | Total Strokes | 9 |
| Mandarin reading | kè | Cantonese reading | haak1 hak1 |
| Japanese on reading | koku | Japanese kun reading | katsu |
| Korean reading | kuk | Vietnamese reading | |
| Simplified Variant(s) | 克 | ||
| Semantic Variant(s) | 尅 | ||
| 剋 | [ kè ] Ke (c. 2000 BC), seventh of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God |
| 剋 | [ kè ] variant of 克[ke4], to subdue, to overthrow, to restrain |
| 剋 | [ keī ] to scold, to beat |
| 剋扣 | [ kè koù ] to dock, to deduct, to embezzle |
| 剋星 | [ kè xīng ] nemesis, bane, fated to be ill-matched |
| 剋架 | [ keī jià ] to scuffle, to come to blows |
| ⇒ 挨剋 | [ aí keī ] to be rebuked, to suffer blows |