HSK 5 · Function Words

颗 kē “measure word for small round things (a pearl” in Chinese

Traditional 顆

What 颗 means

  1. measure word for small round things (a pearl, a tooth, a star)
  2. classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc

How to say 颗

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

颗 in a sentence

  1. 这颗牙对冷的食物敏感吗？

    Zhè kē yá duì lěng de shíwù mǐngǎn ma?

    Is this tooth sensitive to cold food?

    Sentence #2091843 from Tatoeba

  2. 今天我看见了一颗星。

    Jīntiān wǒ kànjiàn le yì kē xīng.

    I saw a star today.

    Sentence #382431 from Tatoeba

  3. 我想要一颗糖。

    Wǒ xiǎngyào yì kē táng.

    I’d like a lolly.

    Sentence #503091 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 颗 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 颗 (kē) with each of its parts in a different colour
颗kēclassifier for small spheres, pearls
  • 果fruit · guǒMeaning part
  • 页page · xiéSound part

果 hints at the meaning (fruit); 页 (xié) hints at the sound. Compare it with kē.

How to write 颗

颗 14 strokes

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

Words related to 颗

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FAQs

颗 (kē) means “measure word for small round things (a pearl, a tooth, a star)” or “classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc”. It is an HSK 5 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.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 颗 is written 顆. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ke with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 颗 from the suggestions. Typing ke into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
颗 is an HSK 5 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.