Hanja Analyzer
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

  • 广 바윗집 엄 한쪽 벽에 기댄 지붕집과 건물
  • 隶 밑 이 꼬리를 붙잡은 손미치어 붙잡는 일. ‘대·이’ 계열의 소리

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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