慷 — gang

Parts that make up 慷

How 慷 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 慷 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 心, 康.

Korean example words with 慷

• 강개하다慷慨 Korean gloss: 의롭지 못한 것을 보고 의기가 북받쳐 원통하고 슬프다
• 비분강개悲憤慷慨 Korean gloss: 슬프고 분하여 의분이 북받침
• 비가강개悲歌慷慨 Korean gloss: 슬프고 분하여 의분이 북받침.
• 강개청직慷慨淸直 Korean gloss: 의분심이 있고 청백하며 정직함.
• 강개무량慷慨無量 Korean gloss: 의기에 북받쳐 원통하고 슬픔이 한이 없음.
• 강개지사慷慨之士 Korean gloss: 세상의 옳지 못한 일에 대하여 의분을 느끼고 탄식하는 사람.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 慷

• 慷慨こうがい righteous indignation; patriotic lamentation; deploration
• 悲歌慷慨ひかこうがい indignant lamentation over the evils of the times
• 悲憤慷慨ひふんこうがい indignant lamentation over the evils of the times

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 心