康

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See also: 隶

Translingual[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 庚 + semantic 米 (“rice”)

Han character[edit]

康 (radical 53 广+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 戈中水 (ILE), four-corner 00232, composition ⿸广隶)

  1. peaceful, quiet
  2. happy, healthy
  3. a surname

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 347, character 27
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9376
  • Dae Jaweon: page 658, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 891, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+5EB7

Cantonese[edit]

Hanzi[edit]

康 (Jyutping hong1, Yale hong1)

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

See also:
康

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

康 (hiragana やすし, romaji Yasushi)

  1. A male given name

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

康 (hangeul 강 (gang), revised gang, McCune-Reischauer kang, Yale kang)

Mandarin[edit]

Hanzi[edit]

康 (Pinyin kāng (kang1), Wade-Giles k'ang1)

Min Nan[edit]

Hanzi[edit]

康 (TLPA khong (khong1), khng (khng1))

References[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

康 (khang, khăng, khương)

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