1. Home
  2. HSK 2
  3. Place and direction

靠

kào

to be next to; to lean against

A person leaning against a wall
Memory picture

Character

靠 kào

Strokes
15
Radical
非 — not, negative, non-
Made of
告 to tell, to inform, to announce 非 not, negative, non-
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 我靠窗坐。 Wǒ kào chuāng zuò. I sit by the window.
  • 他靠门站。 Tā kào mén zhàn. He stands by the door.
  • 别靠太近。 Bié kào tài jìn. Do not get too close.

Related words

All HSK 2 words →