克 kè gram

HSK 5 — advanced proficiency: 1,300 new words, 2,500 in all. You can read newspapers, enjoy films and give speeches in Chinese. In HSK 3.0, 克 is in band 2. HSK 5 explained

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中克is the word for gram. You'd say it at a market, when you ask for a small amount of tea. The seller weighs it on a little scale and tells you how many grams. Want to try it out loud?

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Stroke order

克 is written in 7 strokes.

克 — the Chinese character for gram (kè), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 克 — gram

Senses

to be able to
to subdue
to restrain
to overcome
gram
Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 ares

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Where 克 lives

HSK 5 list Practise HSK 3.0 · band 2 Practise Topic: Quantities and measures Practise

克 is pronounced kè and means “gram”.