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核

Traditional: 覈

hé

HSK 3.0 · 7–9

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

hé · hat6 (Jyutping)

  1. pit
  2. stone
  3. nucleus
  4. nuclear
  5. to examine
  6. to check
  7. to verify
  8. variant of 核[he2]
  9. to investigate

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

核

Meaning
seed, kernel, core, nut; atom
Radical
木
Strokes
10
Components
⿰木亥
Cangjie
DYVO
Four-corner
4098.2

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