| 轲 | |||
| axle; personal name of mencius | |||
| Radical | 車车車 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 5 | Total Strokes | 9 |
| Mandarin reading | kē | Cantonese reading | o1 |
| Japanese on reading | Japanese kun reading | ||
| Korean reading | Vietnamese reading | ||
| Traditional Variant(s) | 軻 | axle; personal name of mencius | |
| 轲 | [ kē ] given name of Mencius |
| 轲 | [ kě ] see 轗軻|轗轲[kan3 ke3] |
| ⇒ 孟轲 | [ mèng kē ] Mencius 孟子 (c. 372-c. 289), Confucian philosopher |
| ⇒ 荆轲 | [ jīng kē ] Jing Ke (-227 BC), celebrated in verse and fiction as would-be assassin of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇) |
| ⇒ 轗轲 | [ kǎn kě ] variant of 坎坷[kan3 ke3], bumpy (of a road), rough (of life) |