| kē | severe/exacting |
| 苛 | severe exacting |
| 苛刻 | harsh pitiless |
| 苛待 | maltreatment; mistreatment; hard measures; misusage; be sharp upon |
| 苛性 | caustic; causticity |
| 苛性的 | purotic; caustic |
| 苛性碱 | caustic alkali |
| 苛性药 | caustic |
| 苛性钠 | caustic soda sodium hydroxide NaOH |
| 苛性钾 | caustic potash potassium hydroxide KOH |
| 苛捐杂税 | exorbitant taxation (idiom) |
| 苛政 | tyranny |
| 苛政猛于虎 | tyrannical government is fiercer than a tiger (idiom) |
| 苛杂 | exorbitant taxes and levies |
| 苛求 | demanding |
| 苛求的 | overcritical; demanding; fastidious; exacting; exigent; hypercritical |
| 苛法 | summum jus |
| 苛细 | severe and exacting |
| 苛责 | scarify; gnawing; excoriation; smite; torture; come down on; animadvert; cavill |
| 苛重 | extortionate and heavy |