磕 — Chinese character
磕
kē
to collide, to hit, to knock, to tap
- Pinyin
- kē
- Radical
- 112 ⽯ (Stone)
- Strokes
- 15
- Components
- 石 盍
- Formation
- pictophonetic — stone; meaning component 石; sound component 盍
Common words with 磕
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 磕头 (磕頭) | kē tóu | to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) |
| 磕碰 | kē pèng | to knock against; to bump into |
| 磕磕绊绊 (磕磕絆絆) | kē ke bàn bàn | bumpy (of a road); limping (of a person) |
| 死磕 | sǐ kē | (coll.) to fight to the death |
| 磕CP | kē CP | (slang) to ship a fictional couple; to enthusiastically support a romantic pairing; also pr. [ke4 CP] |
| 磕磕 | kē kē | (onom.) knocking |
| 磕磕巴巴 | kē kē bā bā | stammering; stuttering |
| 磕碜 (磕磣) | kē chen | (dialect) ugly; unsightly; shabby; (dialect) to humiliate; to ridicule |
| 磕糖 | kē táng | (slang) to revel in the sight of one's favorite couple being affectionate; to lap it up when one sees a couple whom one ships kissing or cuddling |
| 磕膝盖 (磕膝蓋) | kē xī gài | (dialect) knee |
English words written with 磕
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.