靠 (kào)
To lean on; to rely on; to be near
How 靠 is written
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- ⺧ — cow
- Traditional
- 靠
- Simplified
- 靠 (unchanged)
Common words using 靠
- 依靠 yīkào
- to rely on sth (for support etc); to depend on
- 可靠 kěkào
- reliable
- 靠譜 kàopǔ
- reliable; reasonable; probable
- 靠近 kàojìn
- near; to approach
- 不可靠 bùkěkào
- unreliable
- 倚靠 yǐkào
- to lean on; to rest against; to rely on
- 停靠 tíngkào
- to call at; to stop at; berth
- 停靠站 tíngkàozhàn
- bus or tram stop; intermediate stop (on route of ship, plane etc); port of call
- 可靠性 kěkàoxìng
- reliability
- 哇靠 wākào
- (lit.) I cry!; Oh, bosh!; Shoot!
- 憑靠 píngkào
- to use; to rely on; by means of
- 投靠 tóukào
- to rely on help from sb
靠 in a sentence
在家靠父母，出外靠朋友。
Zài jiā kào fùmǔ, chū wài kào péngyǒu.
“At home rely on parents; when away rely on friends.”
How common is 靠?
靠 is the 806th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 85.5% of all running text.
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