啃 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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kěn

gnaw

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 肯 represents the sound.

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu

mouth

肯 Sound component

kěn

agree

Definitions

kěn

gnaw, chew, bite; to gnaw; to nibble; to bite

Most common words with 啃

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	啃	to gnaw
	嘴啃泥	to fall flat on one's face

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 2.4988% of movies

2906th most common character in movies

3345th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes	11
Unicode	U+5543

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