酷kù
cool. 14 strokes, radical 酉, first met in HSK 6.
Pinyin kùStrokes 14Radical 酉Band HSK 6Words 2
What 酷 is made of
酉 (yǒu, wine) and 告 (gào, to tell).
酉 carries the meaning — wine — and 告 carries the sound.
How to write 酷
Strokes 1–7 write 酉, then strokes 8–14 write 告.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 酷
Words that use 酷
| 酷 | cool 指帅气而有个性 他跨上台阶从容回答问题，表现得非常酷。He came across as very cool. Lesson 610, 招飞口试 · 驰骛四方与格物明理 · Broad Horizons & Rational Discernment |
| 残酷 | cruel, brutal 指冷酷无情，令人痛苦 残疾人经受残酷磨砺。People with disabilities endured cruel trials. Lesson 549, 携手助残 · 笃学求进与兼爱济民 · Educational Resilience & Civic Compassion |
Characters that share the sound part 告
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 酉
All 8 of them, and what the radical means, on the 酉 radical page.