Chinese symbol for “kernel”
颗粒
kē lì
Traditional: 顆粒
kernel; granule; granulated (sugar, chemical product)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for kernel is 颗粒 (kē lì), defined as: kernel; granule; granulated (sugar, chemical product).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “kernel”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 仁 | rén | humane; kernel |
| 籽实 (籽實) | zǐ shí | seed; grain |
| 内核 (內核) | nèi hé | core (of a fruit); (fig.) the essence (of a concept or doctrine etc) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 颗粒.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 颗粒物 (顆粒物) | kē lì wù | particulate matter (PM) |
| 颗粒无收 (顆粒無收) | kē lì wú shōu | not a single grain was reaped (as in a bad harvest year) |
| 分泌颗粒 (分泌顆粒) | fēn mì kē lì | secretory granule |
| 细颗粒物 (細顆粒物) | xì kē lì wù | fine particle (PM 2.5); fine particulate matter (air pollution etc) |
| 颗粒归仓 (顆粒歸倉) | kē lì guī cāng | to gather all the harvested grain into the granary; to harvest every single grain |
| 粒子 | lì zǐ | (elementary) particle; grain |
| 微粒 | wēi lì | speck; particle |
| 米粒 | mǐ lì | grain of rice; granule |
See also: Japanese symbol for “kernel”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.