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HSK
2

to carve

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

ke4

Meaning


Primary

to carve

Alternatives

carve, carved, carves, carving

Mnemonic


[k-] Kermit is in the [4] bathroom of the [-e] electricity plant, 刻 carving a statue of a 亥 boar with an electric 刂 saber. He was hired for this work by the electricity plant. His 刂 saber is plugged into one of the wires that hang from the ceiling, and he wears an artsy looking beret on his green head. The 亥 boar represents "charging forward" as the plant wants to rebrand itself with an artsy, energized look.

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