IDENTITY
渴kěthirsty
HSK 2Top 1150
CORE MEANING
thirsty
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.thirstyHSK2
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 氵water radical (shuǐ)
- strokes
- 12
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰氵曷
- water
- gives the sound kě
USAGE
Common words
口渴kǒukěthirsty
渴望kěwàngto long for
Graded examples
天很热，我渴了。Tiān hěn rè, wǒ kě le.HSK3
It’s hot and I’m thirsty.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
Water (氵) most wanted (曷) — thirst.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #1150
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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