knock; knock something out of a vessel/container etc (v.)
HSK 6
Traditional
磕 (unaltered)
Radicals
Stroke order
Homophones
棵 kē - individual [measure word for trees, cabbages, plants etc] (clf.) | HSK 4
颗 kē - grain; [measure word for anything small and roundish] (clf.) | HSK 5
Phonetically similar words
课 kè - lesson (n.) | HSK 2
渴 kě - thirsty (adj.) | HSK 3
刻 kè - quarter (of an hour); to carve (clf.) | HSK 3
克 kè - gram (clf.) | HSK 5
Examples
他不小心磕到了头，疼得厉害。 Tā bù xiǎoxīn kē dào le tóu, téng de lìhài. - He accidentally bumped his head and it hurt a lot.
门很低，小心别磕到头。 Mén hěn dī, xiǎoxīn bié kē dào tóu. - The door is very low, be careful not to bump your head.
他在爬山时不小心磕破了膝盖。 Tā zài páshān shí bù xiǎoxīn kē pò le xīgài. - He accidentally scraped his knee while climbing the mountain.
孩子跑着跑着就磕到了桌子角。 Háizi pǎo zhe pǎo zhe jiù kē dào le zhuōzi jiǎo. - The child ran into the corner of the table while running.
我磕掉了牙齿，得去看牙医。 Wǒ kē diào le yáchǐ, dé qù kàn yáyī. - I chipped my tooth and need to see a dentist.