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伉

kàng

Character

What 伉 means

1. spouse
2. big and tall
3. strong
4. robust
5. upright and outspoken

Words starting with 伉

• 伉俪kàng lì(literary) husband and wife; married couple
• 伉俪情深kàng lì qíng shēnmarried couple very much in love; deep conjugal love

Characters built on 亢

These share the phonetic component 亢 (kàng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 航hángboat; ship; craft
• 抗kàngto resist; to fight; to defy
• 杭Hángsurname Hang; abbr. for Hangzhou 杭州
• 肮āngused in 肮脏
• 炕kàngkang (a heatable brick bed); to bake; to dry by the heat of a fire
• 沆hànga ferry; fog; flowing
• 钪kàngscandium (chemistry)
• 闶kāngused in 闶阆; Taiwan pr. kàng

Characters that look like 伉

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 优yōuexcellent; superior
• 忧yōuto worry; to concern oneself with; worried
• 攸yōudistant, far; adverbial prefix
• 忱chénsincerity; honesty
• 佤WǎWa ethnic group
• 佚yì(bound form) (of a book, author etc) lost (to the ages); (bound form) reclusive

Sounds the same

Read kàng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 抗to resist; to fight; to defy
• 炕kang (a heatable brick bed); to bake; to dry by the heat of a fire
• 亢high; overbearing; excessive
• 钪scandium (chemistry)
• 囥(dialect) to hide; to conceal
• 犺fierce dog