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亢
kàng
1. high
2. overbearing
3. excessive
Common • Top 13% ✏️ 4 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

亢
kàng
high, proud; violent, excessive; skilled; surname
4 丶

Compound Words (9)

亢奋
kàngfèn
excited
亢旱
kànghàn
severe drought (literary)
亢直
kàngzhí
upright and unyielding (literary)
亢进
kàngjìn
hyperfunction (medical)
甲亢
jiǎkàng
hyperthyroidism
高亢
gāokàng
resounding (sound)
不亢不卑
bùkàngbùbēi
neither haughty nor humble
不卑不亢
bùbēibùkàng
neither servile nor overbearing (idiom)
甲状腺功能亢进
jiǎzhuàngxiàngōngnéngkàngjìn
hyperthyroidism

Alternate Entries

亢
Kàng
surname Kang / Kang, one of the 28 constellations

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
3,267
Word Frequency Rank
11,305 of 84,292

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