HSK 6 · Verbs

磕 kē “to knock (against)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 磕 means

  1. to knock (against)
  2. to bump
  3. to tap
  4. to knock (against sth hard)
  5. (esp.) to knock (mud from boots, ash from a pipe etc)

How to say 磕

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale磕kē1st tone, high and level

磕 in a sentence

  1. 我不小心在门上磕了一下头。

    Wǒ bù xiǎoxīn zài mén shàng kē le yíxià tóu.

    I accidentally bumped my head on the door.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他把烟斗在桌子上磕了磕。

    Tā bǎ yāndǒu zài zhuōzi shàng kē le kē.

    He tapped his pipe on the table.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 磕 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 磕 (kē) with each of its parts in a different colour
磕kēto tap; to knock; to knock
  • 石stone · shíMeaning part
  • 盍part of the characterSound part

How to write 磕

磕 15 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

磕 (kē) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 磕 (kē). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 磕

More words: Common Verbs

开展kāizhǎn · to launch扛káng · to carry on one’s shoulder考察kǎochá · to investigate靠拢kàolǒng · to draw close啃kěn · to gnaw扣kòu · to button挎kuà · to carry on the arm or over the shoulder跨kuà · to step across

FAQs

磕 (kē) means “to knock (against)” or “to bump”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it kē: kē with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 磕 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ke with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 磕 from the suggestions. Typing ke into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
磕 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.