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箜

kōng

Character

What 箜 means

1. used in {箜篌|kōng hóu}

Words starting with 箜

• 箜簧kōng huángold reed wind instrument; (possibly used erroneously for konghou 箜篌 harp or 笙簧 sheng)
• 箜篌kōng hóukonghou (Chinese harp)

Characters built on 空

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

• 控kòngto control; to accuse; to charge
• 崆kōngname of a mountain
• 倥kōngignorant; blank-minded

Sounds the same

Read kōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 空empty; air; sky
• 崆name of a mountain
• 倥ignorant; blank-minded
• 悾simple-minded; sincere

Go deeper

• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read kōng correctly.
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