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Keyword
uneven
  • bumpy
  • a clod of earth
  • a lump of soil
Frequency
#3901
Strokes
8
Readings
kě
Mnemonic
土 (earth) gives the meaning and 可 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
土earth可can
Used in vocabulary
坎坷kǎnkě
(of a road) bumpy; (of life) rough; to be down on one's luck; to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes
坷垃kēlā
(dialect) clod (of earth)
坎坷不平kǎnkěbùpíng
potholed and bumpy road (idiom); fig. full of disappointment and dashed hopes