颗

kē

classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc

fruit (果) + sound (页) = classifier for small round things

果 (fruit) anchors the idea of small, round, countable things — grains, seeds, pearls. 页 mainly contributes the sound kē and doesn't add meaning here.

果+页→颗

果FruitSemantic

页PagePhonetic

她嘴里有一颗牙坏了。

tā zuǐ lǐ yǒu yī kē yá huài le。

One of the teeth in her mouth has gone bad.

天空中有一颗星星特别亮。

tiān kōng zhōng yǒu yī kē xīng xing tè bié liàng。

There is one star in the sky that is especially bright.

颗粒归仓

kē lì guī cāng

to gather all the harvested grain into the granary; to harvest every single grain

颗粒无收

kē lì wú shōu

not a single grain was reaped (as in a bad harvest year)

颗粒物

kē lì wù

particulate matter (PM)

一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤

yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō tāng

lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)

一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅粥

yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu

see 一粒老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥|一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥[yi1 li4 lao3 shu3 shi3 huai4 le5 yi1 guo1 zhou1]

分泌颗粒

fēn mì kē lì

secretory granule

颗粒

kē lì

kernel

细颗粒物

xì kē lì wù

fine particle (PM 2.5)