(kāng)

HSK 211 strokes

surname Kang

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
kāng
Meaning
surname Kang
Strokes
11
HSK level
HSK 2
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿸广隶

A home 广 with a servant 隶

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

Parts are arranged enclosing from the upper left.

How to write step by step

11 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

jiànkāng
HSK 2

health; healthy

Open 健康 page →
kāng
HSK 6

to recuperate

Open 康复 page →
xiǎokāng
HSK 7-9

Xiaokang, a Confucian near-ideal state of society, second only to Datong 大同[Da4 tong2]

Open 小康 page →
bǎokāng

see 保康县

Open 保康 page →
kāng

scone (loanword)

Open 司康 page →

Zhou Yongkang (1942-), PRC petroleum engineer and politician

Open 周永康 page →
tàikāng

see 太康县

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Taikang, a county in Zhoukou City 周口市[Zhou1 kou3 Shi4], Henan

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