Read Edit View history Discussion 克 kèkēi HSK2 subdue Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a person (人) carrying a heavy weight on their back. Pinyin Separate values with commas kè × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 克 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 剋 ×克 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts a heavy load being carried on the back. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 克 Simp strokes 克 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 克 Simp strokes 克 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 克 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 264, 632 ], [ 319, 623 ], [ 637, 682 ], [ 686, 684 ], [ 721, 677 ] ], [ [ 452, 840 ], [ 492, 797 ], [ 451, 533 ], [ 431, 512 ] ], [ [ 263, 489 ], [ 289, 470 ], [ 307, 438 ], [ 339, 295 ] ], [ [ 318, 489 ], [ 342, 477 ], [ 441, 490 ], [ 556, 516 ], [ 598, 514 ], [ 634, 475 ], [ 602, 400 ], [ 564, 372 ] ], [ [ 357, 305 ], [ 377, 317 ], [ 565, 345 ], [ 622, 348 ], [ 646, 339 ] ], [ [ 366, 266 ], [ 384, 224 ], [ 358, 175 ], [ 319, 123 ], [ 240, 58 ], [ 154, 16 ] ], [ [ 490, 313 ], [ 527, 285 ], [ 535, 269 ], [ 524, 157 ], [ 531, 65 ], [ 555, 28 ], [ 602, 6 ], [ 656, 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