individual [measure word for trees, cabbages, plants etc] (clf.)
HSK 4
Traditional
棵 (unaltered)
Radicals
Stroke order
Homophones
颗 kē - grain; [measure word for anything small and roundish] (clf.) | HSK 5
磕 kē - knock; knock something out of a vessel/container etc (v.) | HSK 6
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
院子里有一棵大树。 yuànzi lǐ yǒu yī kē dà shù. - There is a big tree in the yard.
他种了一棵苹果树。 tā zhòng le yī kē píngguǒ shù. - He planted an apple tree.
这是一棵百年老树。 zhè shì yī kē bǎinián lǎo shù. - This is a hundred-year-old tree.
我家前面有一棵高大的松树。 wǒ jiā qiánmiàn yǒu yī kē gāodà de sōngshù. - There is a tall pine tree in front of my house.
这棵树的花开得很美。 zhè kē shù de huā kāi de hěn měi. - The flowers on this tree are very beautiful.