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炕

kàng

the brick-bed in northern China

🔤 Pictophonetic: 火 (fire) provides meaning, 亢 provides pronunciation

HSK 8 strokes Common (30%)

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fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage

high, proud; violent, excessive; skilled; surname

⿰火亢 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

huǒ

火

fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage

📷 Pictographic: Flames

4 strokes HSK 2

ha

丷

kwukyel

2 strokes

rén

人

man, person; people

📷 Pictographic: The legs of a human being

2 strokes HSK 1

kàng

亢

high, proud; violent, excessive; skilled; surname

4 strokes

tóu

亠

lid, cover; head

2 strokes

jǐ

几

small table; how many; a few, some

📷 Pictographic: A small table; compare 丌

2 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 炕 (7)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

old variant of [[炕<kàng>]]

old variant of [[炕<kàng>]]

kang (a heatable brick bed) / to bake / to dry by the heat of a fire

kang (a heatable brick bed) / to bake / to dry by the heat of a fire

heated brick common bed

heated brick common bed

heatable brick bed

heatable brick bed

老婆孩子热炕头 ↗

lǎopóháizirèkàngtou

wife kids and a warm bed (idiom); the simple and good life / longa est vita si plena est / la dolce vita

lǎopóháizirèkàngtou

老婆孩子热炕头 ↗

wife kids and a warm bed (idiom); the simple and good life / longa est vita si plena est / la dolce vita

to make a bed / to lay bedding

to make a bed / to lay bedding

to be laid up in bed with illness

to be laid up in bed with illness