苛 — Chinese character
苛
kē
severe, harsh; rigorous, exacting
- Pinyin
- kē
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 艹 可
- Formation
- pictophonetic — grass; meaning component 艹; sound component 可
- Japanese
- 苛 as a kanji
Common words with 苛
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 苛刻 | kē kè | harsh; severe; demanding |
| 严苛 (嚴苛) | yán kē | severe; harsh |
| 苛求 | kē qiú | demanding |
| 苛责 (苛責) | kē zé | to criticize harshly; to excoriate |
| 苛捐杂税 (苛捐雜稅) | kē juān zá shuì | exorbitant taxation (idiom) |
| 苛性 | kē xìng | caustic (chemistry) |
| 苛性钠 (苛性鈉) | kē xìng nà | sodium hydroxide NaOH; caustic soda |
| 苛捐 | kē juān | exorbitant levies |
| 苛性钾 (苛性鉀) | kē xìng jiǎ | caustic potash; potassium hydroxide KOH |
English words written with 苛
苛 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1
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