炕

Translingual

Han character

炕 (radical 86 火+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 火卜竹弓 (FYHN), four-corner 9081₇)

1. bake or dry by the heat of a fire

References

• KangXi: page 667, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18918
• Dae Jaweon: page 1076, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2193, character 3
• Unihan data for U+7095

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Cantonese

Hanzi

炕 (Yale kong3)

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Japanese

Kanji

炕

Readings

• On: こう (kō)
• Kun: あぶる (aburu)

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Korean

Hanja

炕 (hangeul 항, revised hang, McCune-Reischauer hang, Yale hang)

1. hypocaust
2. hypocaust floor

Synonyms

• 구돌 (gudol) (obsolete)
• 구들 (gudeul) literally, fired or heated stone
• 온돌 (溫突, ondol) literally, warm stone
• 바닥난방 (-煖房, badag-nanbang, badak-) underfloor heating

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

炕 (pinyin hāng (hang1), kàng (kang4), Wade-Giles hang¹, k'ang⁴)