克

Stroke order

克 (Kangxi radical 10, 儿+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 十口竹山 (JRHU), four-corner 4021₆, composition ⿱古儿 or ⿱十兄)

• 娔, 殑, 㳳, 鋴, 鿙, 鿣, 勀, 剋, 勊, 兙, 尅, 兞, 兛, 兝, 兡, 兣, 兢, 氪
• 𬾅, 𠗌, 𠳭, 𪣕, 𭓃, 𢚛, 𢭪, 𭠳, 𣒖, 𭴨, 𤙥, 𤥣, 𮀚, 𫀲, 𮈒, 𮙓, 𫧱, 𬇾, 𫎵, 𫐦, 𬱆, 𠒚, 𠒙, 𮋃, 𠒐, 𠒭, 𠒲, 𠓈, 𠓎, 𠓏, 𭖡, 𫶶

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 124, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1355
• Dae Jaweon: page 263, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 269, character 4
• Unihan data for U+514B

Historical forms of the character 克
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Oracle bone script j16985 j16986 j16987 j16988 j16989 j16990 j16991 j16992 j16993 j16994 j16995 j16996 j16997 j16998 j16999 j17000 j17001 j17002 j17003 j17004 j17005 j17006 j17007 j17008 j17009 j17010 j17011 j17012 j17013 j17014 j17015 j17016 j17017 j17018 Bronze inscriptions b10909 b10910 b10911 b10912 b10913 b10914 b10915 b10916 b10917 b10918 b10919 b10920 b10921 b10922 b10923 b10924 b10925 b10926 b10927 b10928 b10929 b10930 b10931 b10932 b10933 b10934 b10935 b10936 b10937 b10938 Small seal script s04991 Transcribed ancient scripts L38195 L38196 L38197 L38198 L38199 L27880 L27881 L27882 L27883 L27884 L27885 L27886 L27887 L27888 L27889 L27890 L27891 L27892 L27893 L27894 L27895 L27896 L27897 L27898 L27899
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : a battle helmet 由 and a pelt 皮 – "to defeat; to vanquish". Alternatively, pictogram (象形) : a person 卩 carrying something 由 over their shoulders – "to shoulder; to be competent".

Also simplified from 剋.

"gram"

Short for 克蘭姆／克兰姆, from French gramme.

Tibetan measuring vessel, Tibetan volume unit, Tibetan area unit

From Tibetan ཁལ (khal).

克

1. (literary) to be able to

   克勤克儉／克勤克俭  ―  kèqínkèjiǎn  ―  hardworking and thrifty

   • 靡不有初，鮮克有終。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     靡不有初，鲜克有终。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Mǐ bù yǒu chū, xiǎn kè yǒu zhōng.

     All are at first,
     But few prove themselves to be so at the last.

2. to defeat; to vanquish; to conquer

   Synonyms: 剋, 戰勝 / 战胜 (zhànshèng)

   克敵／克敌  ―  kèdí  ―  to defeat the enemy

   • 夏，五月，鄭伯克段于鄢。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     夏，五月，郑伯克段于鄢。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE, translation from Zuozhuan: Commentary on the "Spring and Autumn Annals" (2017), by Stephen Durrant, Wai-yee Li and David Schaberg

     Xià, wǔyuè, Zhèng Bó kè Duàn yú Yān.

     In summer, in the fifth month, the Liege of Zheng overcame Duan (Gongshu Duan) at Yan.

3. to subdue; to restrain

   克制  ―  kèzhì  ―  to restrain

   • 克己復禮為仁。一日克己復禮，天下歸仁焉。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     克己复礼为仁。一日克己复礼，天下归仁焉。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Kèjǐfùlǐ wéi rén. Yīrì kèjǐfùlǐ, tiānxià guī rén yān.

     To subdue one's self and return to propriety, is perfect virtue. If a man can for one day subdue himself and return to propriety, all under heaven will ascribe perfect virtue to him.

4. to digest

   克食  ―  kèshí  ―  to aid digestion

5. to set (a time limit)

   克日  ―  kèrì  ―  to set a date

6. (dialectal) Pronunciation spelling of 去.

   • 平常時在門口掃起的樹枝樹葉，也物盡其用當柴火燒克了，所以各家各户產生的垃圾好少的。 [Guilin Mandarin, trad.]
     平常时在门口扫起的树枝树叶，也物尽其用当柴火烧克了，所以各家各户产生的垃圾好少的。 [Guilin Mandarin, simp.]

     From: 2015 November 22, 姚古 (Yao Gu), 《粪草》, in 《桂林晚报》 , page 19

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7. Used in transcription.

   克羅地亞／克罗地亚  ―  Kèluódìyà  ―  Croatia

   法蘭克福／法兰克福  ―  Fǎlánkèfú  ―  Frankfurt

   烏孜別克族／乌孜别克族  ―  Wūzībiékèzú  ―  Uzbek

   傑克／杰克  ―  Jiékè  ―  Jack

   馬克思／马克思  ―  Mǎkèsī  ―  Marx

   錫克／锡克  ―  xīkè  ―  sikh

   羅曼蒂克／罗曼蒂克  ―  luómàndìkè  ―  romantic

   夾克／夹克  ―  jiākè  ―  jacket

   馬賽克／马赛克 [Shanghainese]  ―  ⁶mo-se₅-kheq₇ [Wugniu]  ―  mosaic

   巧克力 [Shanghainese]  ―  ¹chiau-kheq₇-liq₈ [Wugniu]  ―  chocolate

   1. gram (g)

      1市兩等於50克。／1市两等于50克。  ―  1 shìliǎng děngyú 50 kè.  ―  1 market tael is equivalent to 50 grams.

   2. a Tibetan unit of volume or dry measure
   3. a Tibetan unit of land area

• 公斤 (gōngjīn, “kilogram”)
• 擔／担 (dàn), 斤 (jīn), 兩／两 (liǎng), 錢／钱 (qián), 分 (fēn), 金衡兩／金衡两, 金衡錢／金衡钱, 金衡分

It is commonly used to transcribe the /k/ sound in words of foreign languages not immediately followed by a vowel, e.g. 傑克／杰克 (Jiékè, “Jack”), 法蘭克福／法兰克福 (Fǎlánkèfú, “Frankfurt”), , etc..

克 (Hokkien)

1. to bear; to endure
2. Alternative form of 𣁳 (khat)

(Jōyō kanji)

1. to overcome, to subdue (addiction, disease)
2. to restrain (oneself)

• Go-on: こく (koku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: こく (koku, Jōyō)
• Kun: かつ (katsu, 克つ)、よく (yoku, 克く)、よい (yoi)

• 克己(こっき) (kokki)
• 克服(こくふく) (kokufuku)
• 克明(こくめい) (kokumei)

克 (eumhun 이길 극 (igil geuk))

1. hanja form^? of 극 (“to win; to beat; able; competent”)

克: Hán Nôm readings: khắc

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