| 坷 | |||
| clod of earth, lump of soil | |||
| Radical | 土 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 5 | Total Strokes | 8 |
| Mandarin reading | kě kē | Cantonese reading | ho1 ho2 |
| Japanese on reading | ka | Japanese kun reading | |
| Korean reading | ka | Vietnamese reading | |
| 坷 | |||
| clod of earth, lump of soil | |||
| Radical | 土 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 5 | Total Strokes | 8 |
| Mandarin reading | kě kē | Cantonese reading | ho1 ho2 |
| Japanese on reading | ka | Japanese kun reading | |
| Korean reading | ka | Vietnamese reading | |
| 坷 | [ kě ] uneven (path), unfortunate (in life) |
| 坷垃 | [ kē lā ] (dialect) clod (of earth) |
| ⇒ 命途坎坷 | [ mìng tú kǎn kě ] to have a tough life, to meet much adversity in one's life |
| ⇒ 坎坷 | [ kǎn kě ] bumpy (of a road), rough (of life), to be down on one's luck, to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes |
| ⇒ 坎坷不平 | [ kǎn kě bù píng ] potholed and bumpy road (idiom); fig. full of disappointment and dashed hopes |
| ⇒ 坎坷多舛 | [ kǎn kě duō chuǎn ] full of trouble and misfortune (usu. referring to someone's life) |