Chinese Character 康 Meanings and components.

Form

康

Meaning

康 meaning[3] in English

Surname Kang.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 康 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'house on a … (广) , and variant of 隸|隶[li4] (隶)

Its radical[1] is: 广 (guang3) which means: 'House On A Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 53), Occurring In 店, 序, 底 Etc, .广guang3'house on …

In cangjie it is written with ILE

How to write 康

To write康kang1surname Kang you should write a combination of 广guang3'house on … , 隶li4variant of … arranged in a 吕 shape:

广 + 隶 = 康

康 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 康 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 康, looks as follow:

康
Pinyin:kang1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Kang
广
Pinyin:guang3
Meaning[3]: 'House On A Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 53), Occurring In 店, 序, 底 Etc
隶
Pinyin:li4
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 隸|隶[Li4]
肀
Pinyin:yu4 Shape:一
*
Pinyin:*
氺
Pinyin:shui3
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 水[Shui3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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