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糠

kāng

chaff, bran, husk; poor

🔤 Pictophonetic: 米 (rice) provides meaning, 康 provides pronunciation

HSK 17 strokes Uncommon (42%)

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Component Breakdown

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⿰米康 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

mǐ

米

rice, millet, grain

📷 Pictographic: Grains of rice

6 strokes HSK 1

丷

kwukyel

2 strokes

mù

木

tree; wood, lumber; wooden

📷 Pictographic: A tree

4 strokes HSK 5

shí

十

ten, tenth; complete; perfect

2 strokes HSK 1

bā

八

eight; all around, all sides

💡 Ideographic: Two bent lines meaning "to divide"

2 strokes HSK 1

kāng

康

health; peace, quiet

💡 Ideographic: A home 广 with a servant 隶

11 strokes HSK 3

guǎng

广

broad, vast, wide; building, house

💡 Ideographic: A lean-to 厂, suggesting a building

3 strokes HSK 4

lì

隶

subservient; servant

💡 Ideographic: A hand 彐 threshing rice

8 strokes HSK 6

jì

彐

snout

3 strokes

unknown

Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical

1 strokes

èr

二

two; twice

💡 Ideographic: Two parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 三 (three)

2 strokes HSK 1

shui

氺

💡 Ideographic: A river running between two banks; compare 川 and 水

5 strokes

Words Using 糠 (14)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

糠 ↗

kāng

old variant of [[糠<kāng>]]

kāng

糠 ↗

old variant of [[糠<kāng>]]

to sift chaff / (fig.) to shake all over

shāikāng

筛糠 ↗

to sift chaff / (fig.) to shake all over

pityriasis (medicine)

kāngzhěn

糠疹 ↗

pityriasis (medicine)

糠秕 ↗

kāngbǐ

same as [[秕糠<bǐkāng>]]

kāngbǐ

糠秕 ↗

same as [[秕糠<bǐkāng>]]

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