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炕
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the brick-bed in

HSK 10
Objects →Containers
kàng
コウ
あぶ.る
Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 亢 represents the sound. Simplified form of 匟.
Components
火 fire+ 亢 proud =
炕 the brick-bed in
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
fire, flame
亢 Phonetic component
kàng proud
high, proud
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Notes
Similar Characters
光 ray叟 man堇 yellow尉 officer灭 wipe (simp)灰 ashes灷 tinder災 disaster (trad/jp)灾 disaster (simp)炎 inflammation炏 flame烦 bother (simp)煩 vexed (trad/jp)票 ticket秋 autumn赤 crimson伙 mate (simp)狄 tribe from northern china钬 element (simp)尞 burnt offering
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
炕
Regular
Modern
Chinese
炕 [kàng]
kang (a heatable brick bed); to bake; to dry by the heat of a fire
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (8)
土炕 [tǔ​kàng] #49,583
heated brick common bed
尿炕 [niào​kàng] #65,087
bed-wetting
铺炕 [pū​kàng] #68,143
to make a bed
铺炕 [pū​kàng] #68,143
to make a bed
炕床 [kàng​chuáng]
heatable brick bed
老婆孩子热炕头 [lǎo​pó​hái​zi​rè​kàng​tou]
wife, kids and a warm bed (idiom)
老婆孩子热炕头 [lǎo​pó​hái​zi​rè​kàng​tou]
wife, kids and a warm bed (idiom)
落炕 [lào​kàng]
to be laid up in bed with illness