康
康 — gang
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 편안 강
- Romanization
- gang
- English
- peaceful, quiet; happy, healthy
- Mandarin
- kāng
- Japanese on'yomi
- コウ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- やすい
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 4
- Newspaper frequency
- #760 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 广 (53, 8 residual)
- Unicode
- U+5EB7
Parts that make up 康
How 康 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 康 as a ideographic compound involving 庚, 米.
Korean example words with 康
- 건강健康 Korean gloss: 정신적으로나 육체적으로 아무 탈이 없고 튼튼함. 또는 그런 상태
- 강녕하다康寧 Korean gloss: 몸이 건강하고 마음이 편안하다
- 건강인健康人 Korean gloss: 건강한 사람
- 건강관健康觀 Korean gloss: 건강에 대한 관점
- 건강아健康兒 Korean gloss: 몸이 건강한 아이
- 건강상健康上 Korean gloss: 건강과 관계된 측면
- 건강체健康體 Korean gloss: 병이 없고 튼튼한 몸
- 건강모健康毛 Korean gloss: 아무 탈이 없고 튼튼한 머리털
- 건강서健康書 Korean gloss: 건강에 관련된 문제를 다룬 책
- 건강법健康法 Korean gloss: 건강을 유지하거나 증진하는 방법
- 건강미健康美 Korean gloss: 건강한 몸에 나타나는 육체의 아름다움
- 건강주健康酒 Korean gloss: 건강을 증진시키는 데 도움이 되는 술
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 康
- 健康けんこう health; healthy; sound
- 健康保険けんこうほけん health insurance
- 健康食品けんこうしょくひん health foods
- 国民健康保険こくみんけんこうほけん national health insurance
- 小康しょうこう lull; breathing spell; respite
- 不健康ふけんこう poor health; ill health; unhealthy
- 健康的けんこうてき hygienic; healthy; healthful
- 健康診断けんこうしんだん health checkup; (general) medical examination; physical examination
- 康寧こうねい tranquility; tranquillity; peacefulness
- 康保こうほう Kōhō era (964.7.10-968.8.13)
- 康平こうへい Kōhei era (1058.8.29-1065.8.2)
- 康和こうわ Kōwa era (1099.8.28-1104.2.10)
Characters sharing the phonetic 康
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “강” in Korean.
Other hanja read “강”
Other hanja with radical 广
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