克

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to be able to; to subdue; to restrain; to overcome; gram; Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 ares

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A weapon 十 used to subdue a beast 兄

Components 十兄

overcome · Heisig RSH #108

teenager + needle

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
克山县	Kè shān Xiàn	Keshan, a county in Qiqihar City 齊齊哈爾市\|齐齐哈尔市[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3 Shi4], Heilongjiang
不克	bù kè	cannot; to not be able (to); to be unable to
克国	Kè guó	(Tw) abbr. for 克羅埃西亞\|克罗埃西亚[Ke4 luo2 ai1 xi1 ya4] Croatia
克山	Kè shān	see 克山縣\|克山县[Ke4 shan1 Xian4]
马斯克	Mǎ sī kè	Elon Musk (1971–), entrepreneur, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX
克尔白	Kè ěr bái	Ka'aba, sacred building in Mecca
特克斯县	Tè kè sī Xiàn	Tekes, a county in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州\|伊犁哈萨克自治州[Yi1 li2 Ha1 sa4 ke4 …
马克	Mǎ kè	Mark (name)
马克	mǎ kè	mark (monetary unit)
克拉	kè lā	carat (mass) (loanword)
德国马克	Dé guó mǎ kè	German mark
克拉克	Kè lā kè	(name) Clark or Clarke
特克斯	Tè kè sī	see 特克斯縣\|特克斯县[Te4 ke4 si1 Xian4]
特克斯	tè kè sī	(textiles) (loanword) tex, a unit for the linear mass density of a fiber
分克	fēn kè	decigram
克西	kè xī	xi (Greek letter Ξ, ξ)
公克	gōng kè	gram
法克	fǎ kè	fuck (loanword)
力克	lì kè	to prevail with difficulty
克文	Kè wén	Kevin (name)

These characters use 克 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
克 sound part	kè	to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations
氪	kè	krypton