漢字Kanji · in Structures & Home
康: ease, peace
JLPT N111 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met
- 广slant roof(meaning)
- 隶(sound)
广 carries the meaning · 隶 gives the sound
11 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
コウkou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 健康けんこうhealth
- 小康しょうこうlull [n.]
- 健康的なけんこうてきなhealthful, hygienic, sanitary
- 健康的けんこうてき
- 健康保険けんこうほけん
- 健康食品けんこうしょくひんhealth foods
- 健康診断けんこうしんだんhealth checkup
- 国民健康保険こくみんけんこうほけんnational health insurance
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Build on the hillside! This radical represents practical buildings that provide shelter while leaning directly into the landscape.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side康 ease · 广
vs逮 apprehend · ⻌In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · kāng
Same form: 康 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 康 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 康 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin kāng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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