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炕
匟
kàng
1. old variant of [[炕<kàng>]]
Uncommon • Top 62% ✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

炕
kàng
the brick-bed in northern China
8 丶

Compound Words (5)

土炕
tǔkàng
heated brick common bed
炕床
kàngchuáng
heatable brick bed
落炕
làokàng
to be laid up in bed with illness
铺炕
pūkàng
to make a bed
老婆孩子热炕头
lǎopóháizirèkàngtou
wife kids and a warm bed (idiom); the simple and good life

Alternate Entries

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

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Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
2,974
Word Frequency Rank
52,390 of 84,292

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