核

hé

variant of 核[he2]

to investigate

tree (木) + sound (亥) = the core, the pit, the kernel

木 points to a wooden plant structure — the hard pit or stone at a fruit's core. 亥 mainly lends the sound hé; from the seed-pit image, the character extended to mean examining or investigating something at its core.

木+亥→核
亥The last of the twelve earthly branchesPhonetic
木TreeSemantic

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wǒ men xū yào hé chá zhè fèn wén jiàn shàng de xìn xī。

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Words with 核

核弹

hé dàn

nuclear warhead

核技术

hé jì shù

nuclear technology

细胞核

xì bāo hé

nucleus (of cell)

核实

hé shí

to verify; to check

核反应堆

hé fǎn yìng duī

nuclear reactor

无核

wú hé

nonnuclear

核销

hé xiāo

to audit and write off

核酸

hé suān

nucleic acid

地核

dì hé

core of the earth (geology)

查核

chá hé

to check

酌核

zhuó hé

to verify after consultation

重核

zhòng hé

heavy nucleus

More characters with 木

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