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糠

kāng

Character

What 糠 means

1. husk
2. (of a radish etc) spongy (and therefore unappetising)

Other readings

糠 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• kāngvariant of {糠|kāng}
• kāngold variant of {糠|kāng}

Words starting with 糠

• 糠疹kāng zhěnpityriasis (medicine)
• 糠醛kāng quánfurfural (chemistry)
• 糠秕kāng bǐsame as 秕糠

Words containing 糠

• 木糠mù kāngsawdust
• 稻糠dào kāngrice husk
• 谷糠gǔ kānggrain chaff
• 筛糠shāi kāngto sift chaff; (fig.) to shake all over
• 米糠mǐ kāngbran
• 糟糠zāo kāngchaff, husks, distillers' dregs etc (food eaten by the poor); (fig.) rubbish; junk
• 糟糠妻zāo kāng qīwife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband
• 面包糠miàn bāo kāngbreadcrumbs
• 吹糠见米chuī kāng jiàn mǐinstant results; lit. blow the husk and see the rice
• 秕糠bǐ kāngchaff; worthless stuff

Characters built on 康

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

• 慷kāngused in 慷慨
• 槺kāngempty space inside a building

Characters that look like 糠

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

• 操cāoto grasp; to hold; to operate
• 糖tángsugar; sweets; candy
• 糙cāorough; coarse (in texture)
• 檐yáneaves; ledge or brim
• 镰lián(bound form) sickle
• 蹑nièto walk on tiptoe; to walk quietly; to tread (on)

Sounds the same

Read kāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 康healthy; peaceful; abundant
• 慷used in 慷慨
• 闶used in 闶阆; Taiwan pr. kàng
• 槺empty space inside a building
• 𩾌used in 鮟鱇