靠 — Chinese character
靠
kào
nearby; to depend on, to lean on, to trust
- Pinyin
- kào
- Radical
- 175 ⾮ (Wrong)
- Strokes
- 15
- Components
- 告 非
- Formation
- pictophonetic — people back-to-back; meaning component 非; sound component 告
- Japanese
- 靠 as a kanji
Common words with 靠
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 依靠 | yī kào | to rely on; to depend on |
| 可靠 | kě kào | reliable |
| 靠近 | kào jìn | to be close to; to approach; to draw near |
| 可靠性 | kě kào xìng | reliability |
| 靠拢 (靠攏) | kào lǒng | to draw close to |
| 停靠 | tíng kào | to call at; to stop at |
| 投靠 | tóu kào | to rely on help from sb |
| 靠山 | kào shān | patron; backer; close to a mountain |
| 靠不住 | kào bu zhù | unreliable |
| 背靠 | bèi kào | to lean one's back against; (fig.) to be backed by |
| 倚靠 | yǐ kào | to lean on; to rest against |
| 靠得住 | kào de zhù | reliable; trustworthy |
English words written with 靠
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.