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炕

Mandarin · pinyin kàng

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

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炕: kàng · the brick-bed in northern China

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4 · kang4

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hong3 · kong3

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character · Etymology 1

kang; heatable brick bed
(dialectal) to bake or dry by the heat of a fire; to toast
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 抗 (kàng, “to raise; to lift”)

character · Etymology 2

(obsolete) to open

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