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顆
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颗
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granule

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kē
カ
つ.ぶ
과
Phonosemantic compound. 果 represents the meaning and 頁 represents the sound.
Components
果 fruit+ 頁 page =
顆 granule
果 Meaning component
guǒ fruit
variant of 果[guǒ]
頁 Phonetic component
page
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Notes
Similar Characters
倮 naked夥 partnership (trad)棵 flora猓 monkey稞 grain ready for grinding窠 hole菓 fruits蜾 wasp裸 naked裹 envelop課 lesson (trad/jp)课 course (simp)踝 ankle锞 acrobatic (simp)骒 mother (simp)髁 thigh bone颗 kernel (simp)夏 summer头 top (simp)寡 widowed
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
顆
Regular
Modern
Chinese
颗 / 顆 [kē]
classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc
Japanese
顆 か 同音
  1. noun condyle
  2. counter archaic counter for grains and small spheres
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (7)
颗粒 [kē​lì] #16,775
kernel
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤 [yī​kē​lǎo​shǔ​shǐ​huài​le​yī​guō​tāng]
lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅粥 [yī​kē​lǎo​shǔ​shǐ​huài​le​yī​guō​zhōu]
see 一粒老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥|一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥[yī​lì​lǎo​shǔ​shǐ​huài​le​yī​guō​zhōu]
分泌颗粒 [fēn​mì​kē​lì]
secretory granule
细颗粒物 [xì​kē​lì​wù]
fine particle (PM 2.5)
颗粒无收 [kē​lì​wú​shōu]
not a single grain was reaped (as in a bad harvest year)
颗粒物 [kē​lì​wù]
particulate matter (PM)
JAPANESE WORDS (13)
顆粒 [かりゅう] #87,031
granule
顆粒状 [かりゅうじょう] #201,091
granular
印顆 [いんか] #227,006
stamp
顆粒剤 [かりゅうざい] #286,258
granules (medicine)
無顆粒球症 [むかりゅうきゅうしょう]
agranulocytosis
球顆 [きゅうか]
spherulite
顆節目 [かせつもく]
Condylarthra
顆粒層 [かりゅうそう]
granular layer
顆粒性 [かりゅうせい]
granular
顆粒球 [かりゅうきゅう]
granulocyte
3 more items
KOREAN WORDS (1)
과립
granule