柯 — Chinese character
柯
kē
axe-handle, bough, stalk; surname
- Pinyin
- kē
- Radical
- 75 ⽊ (Tree)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 木 可
- Formation
- pictophonetic — wood; meaning component 木; sound component 可
- Japanese
- 柯 as a kanji
Common words with 柯
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 古柯 | gǔ kē | (botany) coca (source of cocaine) |
| 柯基 | kē jī | (loanword) corgi |
| 伐柯 | fá kē | (cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax; fig. to follow a principle |
| 古柯树 (古柯樹) | gǔ kē shù | coca plant (source of cocaine) |
| 古柯碱 (古柯鹼) | gǔ kē jiǎn | (loanword) cocaine |
| 操斧伐柯 | cāo fǔ fá kē | (cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax; fig. to follow a principle |
| 柯夫塔 | kē fū tǎ | kofta |
| 柯密 | kē mì | Kermit (communications protocol) |
| 柯里化 | kē lǐ huà | (computing) currying |
English words written with 柯
柯 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Doctrine of the Mean 4
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.