康(kāng)

HSK 211 strokes

surname Kang

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Character information

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

Origin & structure

Where 康 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

广guǎng隶lì

Parts are arranged enclosing from the upper left.

How to write 康 step by step

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

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Words with 康

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

jiàn健kāng康
HSK 2

health; healthy

Open 健康 page →
kāng康fù复
HSK 6

to recuperate

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xiǎo小kāng康
HSK 7-9

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

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bǎo保kāng康

see 保康县

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sī司kāng康

scone (loanword)

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zhōu周yǒng永kāng康

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

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tài太kāng康

see 太康县

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tài太kāng康xiàn县

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

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万且业为主举久乐

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健复小保司周永太

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