苛 kē
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 可 may, can, -able
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
苛刻
kēkè
harsh; exacting
Characters in this word
刻 kè
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 亥 12th terrestrial branch 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这套评审标准过于苛刻，几乎排除了所有新兴团队参与的可能。 Zhè tào píngshěn biāozhǔn guòyú kēkè, jīhū páichú le suǒyǒu xīnxīng tuánduì cānyù de kěnéng. These review standards are excessively harsh, almost excluding the possibility of participation by all emerging teams.
- 这家公司对员工的要求很苛刻，加班是常事。 Zhè jiā gōngsī duì yuángōng de yāoqiú hěn kēkè, jiābān shì chángshì. This company makes harsh demands on its employees, and overtime is routine.
- 她对自己要求苛刻，一点小错也不能原谅。 Tā duì zìjǐ yāoqiú kēkè, yìdiǎn xiǎo cuò yě bù néng yuánliàng. She is exacting with herself and cannot forgive even a small mistake.
Related words
- 刻 kè quarter hour (time measure word)
- 立刻 lìkè immediately
- 深刻 shēnkè deep; profound
- 时刻 shíkè moment; all the time
- 此刻 cǐkè at this moment
- 刻 kè to carve
- 片刻 piànkè short moment
- 雕刻 diāokè to carve; carving
- 刻不容缓 kèbùrónghuǎn urgent; allowing no delay
- 刻画 kèhuà to depict; to portray
- 刻苦 kèkǔ hard-working; assiduous
- 刻意 kèyì deliberately; intentionally