| 克 | kè | to subdue; to overthrow; Ke (c. 2000 BC), seventh of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝 descended from Shennong 神农 Farmer God; to be able to; to restrain; to overcome; gram |
| 克服 | kè fú | (try to) overcome (hardships etc); to conquer; to put up with; to endure |
| 马克 | mǎ kè | Mark (name) |
| 马克思主义 | mǎ kè sī zhǔ yì | Marxism |
| 伊拉克 | Yī lā kè | Iraq |
| 千克 | qiān kè | kilogram |
| 坦克 | tǎn kè | tank (military vehicle) (loanword) |
| 捷克斯洛伐克 | Jié kè Sī luò fá kè | Republic of Czechoslovakia (1918-1992) |
| 毫克 | háo kè | milligram |
| 布尔什维克 | Bù ěr shí wéi kè | Bolshevik |
| 攻克 | gōng kè | to capture; to take |
| 莫桑比克 | Mò sāng bǐ kè | Mozambique |
| 乌克兰 | Wū kè lán | Ukraine |
| 克制 | kè zhì | to restrain; to control; restraint; self-control |
| 马克思 | Mǎ kè sī | Marx (name); Groucho Marx (the star of Duck Soup, 1933); Karl Marx (1818-1883), German socialist philosopher, political activist and founder of Marxism |
| 克拉 | kè lā | carat (mass) |
| 捷克 | Jié kè | Czech; Czech Republic (from 1992); Czeckia |
| 麦克斯韦 | Mài kè sī wéi | Maxwell (name); James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879), Scottish physicist and mathematician, the originator of Maxwell's laws of electromagnetism and electromagnetic waves |
| 克己复礼 | kè jǐ fù lǐ | restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects); to subdue self and observe proprieties; (any number of possible translations) |
| 巧克力 | qiǎo kè lì | chocolate (loanword); CL:块 |
| 尼克松 | Ní kè sōng | Richard Nixon (1913-1994), US politician, President 1969-1974; surname Nixon |
| 克里姆林宫 | Kè lǐ mǔ lín Gōng | the Kremlin |
| 约克 | Yuē kè | York |
| 高尔察克 | Gāo ěr chá kè | Aleksandr Kolchak |
| 法兰克福 | Fǎ lán kè fú | Frankfurt (Germany) |
| 洛克菲勒 | luò kè fēi lè | Rockefeller |
| 不克 | bù kè | cannot; to not be able (to); to be unable to |
| 普朗克 | Pǔ lǎng kè | Max Planck (1858-1947), German physicist |
| 克扣 | kè kòu | to embezzle |
| 尼克 | Ní kè | Nick (name) |
| 法兰克 | Fǎ lán kè | the Franks (Germanic people who arrived in Europe from 600 AD and took over France) |
| 努瓦克肖特 | Nǔ wǎ kè xiào tè | Nouakchott, capital of Mauritania |
| 科克 | kē kè | cork |
| 李卜克内西 | Lǐ bo kè nèi xī | Wilhelm Liebknecht (1826-1900), political activist and founding member of the German Socialist Party SPD |
| 贝克 | Bèi kè | Baker or Becker (name) |
| 塔吉克 | Tǎ jí kè | Tajik ethnic group; Tajikistan, former Soviet republic adjoining Xinjiang and Afghanistan |
| 库尔斯克 | Kù ěr sī kè | Kursk (city) |
| 扑克 | pū kè | poker (game); deck of playing cards |
| 克莱 | Kè lái | Clay (name) |
| 阿克苏 | Ā kè sū | Aqsu wilayiti or Aksu prefecture in Xinjiang; Aqsu shehiri or Aksu city |
| 丁克 | dīng kè | Dual Income, No Kids (DINK) (loanword) |
| 上夸克 | shàng kuā kè | up quark (physics) |
| 下夸克 | xià kuā kè | down quark (physics) |
| 亚克力 | yà kè lì | acrylic |
亚历山大・杜布切 克 | Yà lì shān dà · Dù bù qiē kè | Alexander Dubček (1921-1992), leader of Czechoslovakia (1968-1969) |
| 亚穆苏克罗 | Yà mù sū kè luó | Yamoussoukro (city in the Ivory Coast) |
| 以柔克刚 | yǐ róu kè gāng | to use softness to conquer strength (idiom) |
| 伊塞克湖 | Yī sāi kè hú | lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan |
| 伊尔库茨克 | Yī ěr kù cí kè | Irkutsk |
| 伊犁哈萨克自治州 | Yī lí Hā sà kè zì zhì zhōu | Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture in Xinjiang |