渴

How to write 渴, stroke by stroke

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What 渴 means

thirsty

Pictophonetic: semantic 氵 (water), phonetic 曷

Made of 氵 + 曷

Words with 渴

• 渴望kě wàngto thirst for; to long for
• 口渴kǒu kěthirsty
• 饥渴jī kěhungry and thirsty; (fig.) to crave (knowledge, love etc)
• 渴求kě qiúto long for; to crave for; to greatly desire
• 干渴gān kěparched; dry mouth
• 消渴xiāo kěcondition characterized by thirst, hunger, frequent urination and weight loss, identified in TCM with type 2 diabetes
• 解渴jiě kěto quench
• 渴慕kě mùto thirst for
• 渴不可耐kě bù kě nàito be so thirsty as to no longer be able to tolerate it
• 爱才若渴ài cái ruò kě(idiom) to be eager to surround oneself with talented people
• 望梅止渴wàng méi zhǐ kělit. to quench one's thirst by thinking of plums (idiom); fig. to console oneself with illusions
• 临渴穿井lín kě chuān jǐnglit. face thirst and dig a well (idiom); fig. not to make adequate provision; to act when it is too late

渴 in a sentence

• 我渴望见到你。

  wǒ kě wàng jiàn dào nǐ 。

  I'm anxious to see you.

• 你的狗看起来口渴了。

  nǐ de gǒu kàn qǐ lái kǒu kě le 。

  It looks like your dog is thirsty.

• 我喝水因为我渴了。

  wǒ hē shuǐ yīn wèi wǒ kě le 。

  I'm drinking water because I'm thirsty.

• 我很渴，想喝点冷饮。

  wǒ hěn kě ， xiǎng hē diǎn lěng yǐn 。

  I was quite thirsty and wanted to drink something cool.

• 我快渴死了。

  wǒ kuài kě sǐ le 。

  I'm dying of thirst.

Characters that sound like 渴

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