Chinese Word: 棵 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

棵HSK 4

Pinyin: kē

English Definition: classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc

Chinese Definition:
①(棵儿量词，用于植物：一棵树。一棵草。几棵白菜。)植物的大小，如“树棵棵很大”，“拣棵棵大的菜拔”。

Total strokes: 12; Radical: 木

Pictophonetic:果 indicates the sound; 木 (tree) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 木 [ mù ] tree; wood, lumber; wooden
- 果 [ guǒ ] fruit, nut; result

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塌棵菜	tā kē cài	Brassica narinosa (broadbeaked mustard); Chinese flat cabbage
发棵	fā kē	budding
不要在一棵树上吊死HSK 6	bù yào zài yī kē shù shàng diào sǐ	don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom); there's more than one way to skin a cat

1		zhè 这 kē shù 棵树 hěn gāo 很高。 This tree is very tall.
2		zhè 这 shì 是 yī 一 kē 棵 chéng zǐ shù 橙子树。 This is an orange tree.
3		zhè 这 kē 棵 zhí wù 植物 de 的 gēn 根 fēi cháng 非常 shēn 深。 The roots of this plant are very deep.
4		zhè 这 kē shù 棵树 yǐ jīng 已经 kāi shǐ 开始 luò yè 落叶 le 了。 This tree has started shedding its leaves.
5		wǒ jiā 我家 de 的 wài miàn 外面 yǒu 有 yī 一 kē 棵 dà shù 大树。 There is a big tree outside my house.

1		zhè 这 kē shù 棵树 hěn gāo 很高。 This tree is very tall.
2		zhè 这 shì 是 yī 一 kē 棵 chéng zǐ shù 橙子树。 This is an orange tree.
3		zhè 这 kē 棵 zhí wù 植物 de 的 gēn 根 fēi cháng 非常 shēn 深。 The roots of this plant are very deep.
4		zhè 这 kē shù 棵树 yǐ jīng 已经 kāi shǐ 开始 luò yè 落叶 le 了。 This tree has started shedding its leaves.
5		wǒ jiā 我家 de 的 wài miàn 外面 yǒu 有 yī 一 kē 棵 dà shù 大树。 There is a big tree outside my house.