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渴

kě

HSK 1 · word 195 of 3,000

Meaning

Example sentence

你不渴吗?

nǐ bù kě ma

Aren't you thirsty?

The character 渴

渴 is 氵, water, with the same 曷 that stands in 喝 — thirst and drinking are written a stroke apart. 我渴了 is thirsty now, and 口渴 names the part that is dry.

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