啃 — Chinese character
啃
kěn
to gnaw, to chew, to bite
- Pinyin
- kěn
- Radical
- 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 口 肯
- Formation
- pictophonetic — mouth; meaning component 口; sound component 肯
Common words with 啃
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 啃书 (啃書) | kěn shū | lit. to gnaw a book; to study |
| 啃老族 | kěn lǎo zú | (coll.) adults still living with and depending on their parents |
| 嘴啃泥 | zuǐ kěn ní | to fall flat on one's face |
| 啃老 | kěn lǎo | (coll.) to live with and depend on one's parents even upon reaching adulthood |
English words written with 啃
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.