Read Edit View history 柯 kēKē axe-handle Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 可 represents the sound. Originally a pictograph of an axe handle (丂). Pinyin Separate values with commas kē × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 柯 Simp strokes 柯 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 柯 Simp strokes 柯 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 柯 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 77, 521 ], [ 106, 516 ], [ 174, 521 ], [ 349, 564 ], [ 408, 565 ] ], [ [ 257, 838 ], [ 309, 783 ], [ 293, 302 ], [ 286, 164 ], [ 275, 87 ], [ 275, -13 ] ], [ [ 272, 509 ], [ 261, 500 ], [ 249, 440 ], [ 195, 346 ], [ 144, 275 ], [ 57, 182 ] ], [ [ 323, 414 ], [ 380, 374 ], [ 394, 349 ] ], [ [ 457, 597 ], [ 489, 590 ], [ 515, 592 ], [ 634, 618 ], [ 876, 654 ], [ 960, 638 ] ], [ [ 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537 Q 409 547 415 553 Q 425 562 420 571 Q 411 584 380 591 Q 350 598 324 587 L 278 571 Q 167 541 86 532 Q 46 525 75 507 Q 118 486 204 503 Q 226 509 253 512 L 323 527 Z", "M 320 422 Q 321 471 323 527 L 324 587 Q 324 689 347 769 Q 360 796 335 814 Q 319 826 289 845 Q 264 864 243 847 Q 237 843 244 826 Q 278 775 278 724 Q 278 652 278 571 L 273 437 Q 261 193 259 182 Q 252 142 240 101 Q 228 59 254 -5 Q 261 -23 269 -27 Q 276 -34 284 -25 Q 311 -7 313 59 Q 312 101 319 391 L 320 422 Z", "M 253 512 Q 228 445 191 384 Q 149 314 50 186 Q 44 176 56 174 Q 80 174 183 294 Q 231 352 273 437 C 323 537 265 543 253 512 Z", "M 319 391 Q 340 378 372 343 Q 384 333 396 333 Q 405 334 409 345 Q 413 357 406 381 Q 402 397 377 407 Q 353 416 326 422 Q 322 423 320 422 C 290 419 294 407 319 391 Z", "M 750 612 Q 816 619 907 622 Q 961 622 969 632 Q 973 645 957 658 Q 903 694 865 685 Q 750 655 460 607 Q 438 604 455 587 Q 470 574 488 569 Q 509 565 525 570 Q 606 594 699 606 L 750 612 Z", "M 468 453 Q 458 457 439 460 Q 427 464 425 459 Q 419 453 426 439 Q 448 393 462 320 Q 465 298 478 282 Q 494 263 498 277 Q 501 284 501 294 L 500 325 Q 488 409 487 429 C 486 447 486 447 468 453 Z", "M 620 346 Q 633 410 653 432 Q 672 457 651 469 Q 632 479 606 494 Q 588 504 547 479 Q 495 461 468 453 C 439 444 459 418 487 429 Q 488 432 555 445 Q 574 449 579 442 Q 583 439 572 347 C 568 317 614 317 620 346 Z", "M 501 294 Q 508 293 520 296 Q 557 305 635 315 Q 645 316 645 325 Q 645 332 620 346 C 602 357 601 356 572 347 Q 532 334 500 325 C 471 317 471 295 501 294 Z", "M 677 61 Q 658 65 634 72 Q 621 76 620 68 Q 620 59 632 47 Q 690 -13 728 -60 Q 741 -70 757 -53 Q 805 10 801 99 Q 783 375 793 538 Q 800 569 793 581 Q 783 594 750 612 C 724 627 687 633 699 606 Q 700 599 708 586 Q 721 558 722 512 Q 726 388 729 106 Q 728 72 717 59 Q 705 52 677 61 Z" ] } 9 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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