渴 — Chinese character
渴
kě
thirsty, parched; to yearn, to pine for
- Pinyin
- kě
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 氵 曷
- Formation
- pictophonetic — water; meaning component 氵; sound component 曷
- Japanese
- 渴 as a kanji
Common words with 渴
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 渴望 | kě wàng | to thirst for; to long for |
| 饥渴 (飢渴) | jī kě | hungry and thirsty; (fig.) to crave (knowledge, love etc) |
| 渴求 | kě qiú | to long for; to crave for |
| 口渴 | kǒu kě | thirsty |
| 解渴 | jiě kě | to quench |
| 如饥似渴 (如飢似渴) | rú jī sì kě | to hunger for sth (idiom); eagerly; to long for sth |
| 干渴 (乾渴) | gān kě | parched; dry mouth |
| 饮鸩止渴 (飲鴆止渴) | yǐn zhèn zhǐ kě | lit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst (idiom); fig. a supposed remedy that only makes matters worse |
| 消渴 | xiāo kě | condition characterized by thirst, hunger, frequent urination and weight loss, identified in TCM with type 2 diabetes |
| 渴慕 | kě mù | to thirst for |
| 求贤若渴 (求賢若渴) | qiú xián ruò kě | (idiom) to eagerly seek talented people |
| 望梅止渴 | wàng méi zhǐ kě | lit. to quench one's thirst by thinking of plums (idiom); fig. to console oneself with illusions |
English words written with 渴
渴 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Art of War 1 · Mencius 5 · Zhuangzi 5
- Art of War 9.30
- Mencius 2A.1
- Mencius 7A.27
- Zhuangzi The Evidence of Virtue Complete
- Zhuangzi Horses' Hoofs
- Zhuangzi Mountain Trees
- Zhuangzi Lieh Tzŭ
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