HSK 2 · Shopping & money

千克

qiān kè

kilogram

Stroke order of 千克

2 characters, 10 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

千 · 3 strokes 克 · 7 strokes

Memory trick

千 is a thousand; 克 is a gram: a thousand grams.

Parts: 千 thousand + 克 gram

The characters in 千克

千 qiān — thousand (3 strokes)
克 kè — gram (7 strokes)

Example sentence

这个包有五千克。

This bag weighs five kilograms.

Words with 千

千thousand 千万be sure to; ten million

Words with 克

克gram 克服to overcome

More words: Shopping & money

卖to sell 便宜cheap 收入income 角jiao (1/10 yuan); angle 千thousand 万ten thousand 亿hundred million 公斤kilogram 斤jin (half a kilogram)克gram 公里kilometre 租to rent 打工to do odd jobs; to work part-time

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