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康
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- 康
- kāng · peaceful, quiet; happy, healthy
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1 · kang1
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 13 senses · 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
hong1
Cantonese word readings for 康. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character
- peaceful and happy; tranquil
- healthy; well; strong
- prosperous; plentiful; abundant
- broad; vast; smooth; level
- (obsolete) hollow; empty
- (obsolete) original form of 糠 (kāng, “chaff; husk”)
- (Chinese mythology) Tai Kang (third king of the semi-legendary Xia dynasty)
- (Chinese mythology) Zhong Kang (fourth king of the semi-legendary Xia dynasty)
- (Chinese mythology) Shao Kang (sixth king of the semi-legendary Xia dynasty)
- a surname
- a surname — (historical) a surname, given to people from the Central Asian country of Kangju (康居 or 康國／康国)
- Kham (a historic region of the Tibet autonomous region)
- (Internet slang) alternative form of 看 (“to look; to see”)
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