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kāng

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kāng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kāng | kang1
English translation
chaff, bran, husk; poor

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About kāng

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Number of strokes

17

Traditional form

kāng

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

rice

Etymology of kāng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

米康

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Kāng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and Kāng represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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Example sentences using kāng

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饿 è kāng 好吃 hǎochī ,饥不择 shí .

Hunger will relish the plainest fare.

Words with kāng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
kāng husk kāng
米糠 mǐ kāng bran米糠 mǐ kāng
糠醛 kāng quán furfural (chemistry)糠醛 kāng quán
筛糠 shāi kāng to sift chaff篩糠
糟糠 zāo kāng junk糟糠 zāo kāng
谷糠 gǔ kāng grain chaff穀糠
吹糠见米 chuī kāng jiàn mǐ instant results吹糠見米
稻糠 dào kāng rice husk稻糠 dào kāng
秕糠 bǐ kāng chaff秕糠 bǐ kāng

kāng Decomposition & Compounds

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