- 柯达 kēdá KodakKodak, a US photography and film company
- 柯林斯 kēlínsī CollinsA Western surname
- 柯林 kēlín Colin, Kirlintranscription of the names Colin or Kirlin
- 斯柯达 sīkēdá ŠkodaŠkoda; Czech car manufacturer and subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group
- 古柯 gǔkē coca(botany) the coca plant; source of cocaine and other alkaloids
- 福柯 fúkē Michel FoucaultMichel Foucault (1926-1984), French philosopher
- 柯基 kējī corgi(loanword) corgi
- 柯尔克孜 kē'ěrkèzī KyrgyzKyrgyz ethnic group; a person of Kyrgyz descent
- 柯棣华 kēdìhuá Dwarkanath KotnisDwarkanath Kotnis (1910-1942), one of five Indian doctors sent to China to provide medical assistance during the Second Sino-Japanese War
- 柯尔克孜族 kē'ěrkèzīzú Kyrgyz ethnic groupOne of the recognized ethnic minorities in China, primarily residing in Xinjiang and Heilongjiang
- 南柯 nánkē dreamland(literary) a dreamland; something that is illusory or imaginary
- 南柯一梦 nánkēyīmèng pipe dream(idiom) a dream of grandeur that turns out to be an illusion; the fleeting nature of wealth and honor; based on a story where a man dreams of a lifetime of success in a kingdom that is actually an ant nest
- 柯西 kēxī CauchyAugustin-Louis Cauchy (1789-1857), a French mathematician
- 柯那克里 kēnàkèlǐ ConakryConakry, capital of Guinea (Taiwan usage)
- 柯城区 kēchéngqū Kecheng DistrictKecheng district of Quzhou city, Zhejiang
- 柯坪 kēpíng KepingKelpin county in Aksu prefecture, Xinjiang.
- 伊士曼柯达公司 yīshìmànkēdágōngsī Eastman Kodak CompanyThe Eastman Kodak Company, a prominent American photography and film technology company.
- 柯坪县 kēpíngxiàn Kelpin countyKelpin county in Aksu, western Xinjiang
- 伐柯 fákē to act as a matchmakerTo act as a matchmaker; to broker a marriage.
- 柯尼斯堡 kēnísībǎo KönigsbergKönigsberg, a Baltic port city and the former capital of East Prussia
- 古柯树 gǔkēshù coca plantcoca plant, which is the source of cocaine
- 柯林顿 kēlíndùn ClintonTaiwan transliteration for the surname Clinton; specifically Bill Clinton or Hillary Rodham Clinton
- 柯文哲 kēwénzhé Ko Wen-jeKo Wen-je (1959-), Taiwanese politician, Mayor of Taipei from 2014 to 2022 and founder of the Taiwan People's Party.
- 傅柯 fùkē Michel FoucaultMichel Foucault (1926-1984), French philosopher; name used primarily in Taiwan.
- 克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州 kèzīlèsūkē'ěrkèzīzìzhìzhōu Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous PrefectureKizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture, located in the [[新疆维吾尔自治区|新疆維吾爾自治區|xin1 jiang1 wei2 wu2 er3 zi4 zhi4 qu1]]
- 南柯太守传 nánkētàishǒuzhuàn Governor of NankeThe Governor of the Southern Bough, a Tang Dynasty story by Li Gongzuo about a man dreaming of a life in an ant kingdom, used to illustrate the illusory nature of fame
- 古柯碱 gǔkējiǎn cocaineA bitter, addictive alkaloid extracted from the leaves of the coca plant, used as a local anesthetic or as a stimulant drug; also known as [[可卡因|可卡因|ke3 ka3 yin1]].
- 执柯 zhíkē to act as a matchmakerto act as a matchmaker; literary expression based on a classic poem where cutting a handle for an axe is compared to needing a matchmaker to find a wife
- 执柯作伐 zhíkēzuòfá to be a matchmakerto act as a matchmaker or go-between for a marriage
- 操斧伐柯 cāofǔfákē to follow an existing patternLiterally meaning to hold an ax to cut an ax handle, from the Book of Songs [[诗经|詩經|shi1 jing1]]; used to describe following a principle or using a nearby example as a model; can also refer to acting as a matchmaker
- 斧柯 fǔkē axe handle(literary) the handle of an axe or hatchet
- 枝柯 zhīkē branch(literary) a tree branch or twig
- 柯P kēpì Professor KoNickname for the Taiwanese politician [[柯文哲|柯文哲|ke1 wen2 zhe2]]
- 柯人 kērén matchmakerperson who acts as an intermediary or go-between for marriage arrangements
- 柯劭忞 kēshàomín Ke ShaominKe Shaomin (1850-1933), a historian and scholar from the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, best known as the author of the [[新元史|新元史|xin1 yuan2 shi3]] (New History of the Yuan Dynasty)
- 柯城 kēchéng KechengKecheng district of Quzhou city, Zhejiang
- 柯夫塔 kēfūtǎ koftakofta; a meatball or meatloaf dish found in South Asian, Middle Eastern, and Balkan cuisines
- 柯密 kēmì Kermitthe Kermit file transfer and communications protocol
- 柯尔克孜语 kē'ěrkèzīyǔ Kyrgyz language
- 柯式印刷 kēshìyìnshuā offset printingoffset printing; lithographic printing
- 柯沙奇病毒 kēshāqíbìngdú Coxsackievirus
- 柯萨奇病毒 kēsàqíbìngdú Coxsackie virusCoxsackie virus; a group of viruses that can cause various symptoms including hand, foot, and mouth disease
- 柯里化 kēlǐhuà currying(computing) a technique in computer science for transforming a function that takes multiple arguments into a sequence of functions each taking a single argument
- 柯驾 kējià marriage go-betweenRespectful way to refer to a matchmaker or go-between in wedding correspondence or formal invitations
- 烂柯 lànkē rotten axe handleA literary allusion to a woodcutter who watched immortals play chess and returned home to find his axe handle rotten and a century passed; used to describe the profound changes in the world over time.
- 烂柯人 lànkērén person who returns home to find everything changeda person who returns to their hometown after a long time to find that generations have passed and everything is unrecognizable, based on the legend of a woodcutter who watched a game of chess between immortals
- 牂柯 zāngkē mooring post(literary) a wooden stake or post driven into the ground for tying up a boat
Sources
- Frequency data
- MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CH