髁

髁 · kē

thigh bone, hipbone; kneecap

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
kē
Cantonese
fo1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

thigh bone, hipbone; kneecap

Dictionary definitions & readings

髁 kē · condyles

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
74413.100:kē,kuà Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0638.160:kē Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
195.150:kē Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
kē粵fo1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
カ ケ カイ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
苦禾 苦瓦 苦卧 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
BBWD Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
7629.4 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1449.460 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
164.11 309.52 420.22 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0351k Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9AC1
Radical
骨 · 188
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
8
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6243

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
髁
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
khwa · 苦禾 · 果合一平戈溪 · #754
Middle Chinese
khwaeX · 苦瓦 · 假合二上麻溪 · #1794
Middle Chinese
khwaH · 苦卧 · 果合一去戈溪 · #2838

PHONO-ML, source line 6149; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1513.305
kDaeJaweon
1976.040
kGSR
0351k
kHanYu
74413.100
kIRGDaeJaweon
1976.040
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74413.100
kIRGKangXi
1449.460
kKangXi
1449.460
kMatthews
3398
kMorohashi
45216
kSBGY
164.11 309.52 420.22
kSMSZD2003Index
791.10
kCangjie
BBWD
kFourCornerCode
7629.4
kMojiJoho
MJ028876
kPhonetic
744
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
AGT
kIRG_GSource
G0-7741
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C34E
kIRG_JSource
J13-7E36
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-8AE5
kIRG_KSource
K2-6F63
kIRG_TSource
T1-7778
kRSUnicode
188.8
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
C34E
kCCCII
235457
kCNS1986
1-7778
kCNS1992
1-7778
kEACC
235457
kGB0
8733
kGB1
8733
kJIS0213
1,94,22
kJis1
7366
kMainlandTelegraph
9629
kTGH
2013:6243
kTaiwanTelegraph
9541
kXerox
314:342
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+17198+188.10.8
kCantonese
fo1
kDefinition
thigh bone, hipbone; kneecap
kFanqie
苦禾 苦瓦 苦卧
kHanyuPinyin
74413.100:kē,kuà
kJapanese
カ ケ カイ
kJapaneseKun
MOMO
kJapaneseOn
KAI KE KA
kKorean
KWA HWA
kMandarin
kē
kSMSZD2003Readings
kē粵fo1
kTGHZ2013
195.150:kē
kXHC1983
0638.160:kē

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 髁0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
骨 beside 果 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰骨果$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰骨果$(GHTJKP)

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