肯

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to agree; to consent; to be willing to

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

To stop 止 flexing one's muscles ⺼

Components 止⺼

agree · Heisig RSH #383

trail of footprints + flesh

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
阿肯色大学	Ā kěn sè Dà xué	University of Arkansas
肯尼迪航天中心	Kěn ní dí Háng tiān Zhōng xīn	Kennedy space center, Cape Canaveral 卡納維拉爾角\|卡纳维拉尔角[Ka3 na4 wei2 la1 er3 jiao3], Florida
斯托肯立石圈	Sī tuō kěn lì shí quān	Stonehenge stone circle
肯德拉	Kěn dé lā	Kendra (name)
基孔肯雅热	jī kǒng kěn yǎ rè	chikungunya fever
阿肯色	Ā kěn sè	Arkansas, US state
肯德基	Kěn dé jī	KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken)
肯尼亚	Kěn ní yà	Kenya
肯尼迪角	Kěn ní dí jiǎo	Cape Kennedy, name 1963-1973 of Cape Canaveral 卡納維拉爾角\|卡纳维拉尔角[Ka3 na4 wei2 la1 er3 jiao3], …
库肯霍夫公园	Kù kěn huò fū Gōng yuán	Keukenhof, flower garden in Netherlands
肯塔基	Kěn tǎ jī	Kentucky, US state
肯普索恩	Kěn pǔ suǒ ēn	(Dirk) Kempthorne (US Senator from Idaho)
真肯定句	zhēn kěn dìng jù	true affirmative (TA)
假肯定句	jiǎ kěn dìng jù	false affirmative
萨尔布吕肯	Sà ěr bù lǚ kěn	Saarbrücken, capital of Saarland, Germany
肯尼迪	Kěn ní dí	Kennedy (name); J.F. Kennedy (1917-1963), US Democrat politician, president 1961-1963
中肯	zhòng kěn	pertinent; apropos
肯特	Kěn tè	Kent (English county)
肯亚	Kěn yà	(Tw) Kenya
肯定	kěn dìng	to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affi…

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
肯 sound part	kěn	to agree to, to consent, to permit; ready, willing
啃	kěn	to gnaw, to chew, to bite