kěn

HSK 6
common
verb
auxiliary

Meaning of

肯 means meat attached to bone; to agree; to consent. Pronounced kěn. HSK 6.

  • meat attached to bone
  • to agree; to consent
  • to be willing; to consent to a request

Character Info

Radical
Strokes10
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

páo
dīng
jiě
niú
 
quán
niú
 
hòu
yǒu
jiān
 
huī
huī
yóu
rèn
yǒu
 
shì
shí
jiǔ
nián
ér
dāo
rèn
ruò
xīn
xíng
 
suī
rán
 
měi
zhì
 
jiàn
nán
wéi
 
chù
rán
wéi
jiè
 
shì
wéi
zhǐ
 
xíng
wéi
chí
 
dòng
dāo
shén
wēi
 
huò
rán
jiě
 
wěi
 
dāo
ér
 
wèi
zhī
 
wèi
zhī
chóu
chú
mǎn
zhì
 
shàn
dāo
ér
cáng
zhī
 
wén
huì
jūn
yuē
 
 
 
shàn
zāi
 
gài
zhì
 
 
páo
dīng
duì
yuē
 
 
chén
zhī
suǒ
hào
zhě
dào
 
jìn
 
shǐ
chén
zhī
jiě
niú
zhī
shí
 
suǒ
jiàn
fēi
niú
zhě
 
sān
nián
zhī
hòu
 
wèi
cháng
jiàn
quán
niú
 
fāng
jīn
zhī
shí
 
chén
shén
ér
shì
 
guān
zhī
zhǐ
ér
shén
xíng
 
tiān
 
 
dǎo
kuǎn
 
yīn
rán
 
jīng
kěn
qìng
zhī
wèi
cháng
 
ér
kuàng
 
 

In the classic story of Cook Ding butchering an ox, he mentions that he avoids cutting through the meat attached to bones (kěn qìng) to keep his knife sharp.

zhè
wèi
de
kěn
qìng
ròu
zhì
xiān
nèn
 

The meat attached to the bones in this part is tender and delicious.