Chinese symbol for “thirsty”
渴
kě
thirsty
The closest CC-CEDICT match for thirsty is 渴 (kě), defined as: thirsty.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “thirsty”
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
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.