康
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healthy; peaceful; abundant
- HSK 3.0
- Level 2
- Old HSK
- Level 3
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 广 +8
- Structure
- Upper-left enclosure 左上包
- Traditional
- 康
- Common rank
- #769
- Unicode
- U+5EB7
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Formation & memory
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Words with 康
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 马尔康市 | Barkam, a county-level city in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏… | |
| 康巴地区 | former Tibetan province of Kham, now split between Tibet and Sichuan | |
| 阿斯利康 | AstraZeneca (British-Swedish pharmaceutical company) | |
| 康马县 | Kangmar, a county in Shigatse City 日喀則市|日喀则市[Ri4 ka1 ze2 Shi4], Tibet | |
| 马尔康 | see 馬爾康市|马尔康市[Ma3 er3 kang1 Shi4] | |
| 安康市 | Ankang, prefecture-level city in Shaanxi Province 陝西省|陕西省[Shan3 xi1 Sheng3] | |
| 康平县 | Kangping, a county in Shenyang City 瀋陽市|沈阳市[Shen3 yang2 Shi4], Liaoning | |
| 南康区 | Nankang, a district of Ganzhou City 贛州市|赣州市[Gan4 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangxi | |
| 文康活动 | cultural and recreational activities (Tw) | |
| 康定市 | Kangding, a county-level city in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[Gan1 zi1 Zang… | |
| 康乐县 | Kangle, a county in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture 臨夏回族自治州|临夏回族自治州[Lin2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi… | |
| 小康社会 | society in which the material needs of most citizens are adequately met | |
| 保康县 | Baokang, a county in Xiangyang City 襄陽市|襄阳市[Xiang1 yang2 Shi4], Hubei | |
| 康保县 | Kangbao, a county in Zhangjiakou City 張家口市|张家口市[Zhang1 jia1 kou3 Shi4], Hebei | |
| 康白度 | comprador (loanword) | |
| 康科德 | Concord (place name); Concord, capital of US state New Hampshire | |
| 康有为 | Kang Youwei (1858-1927), Confucian intellectual, educator and would-be reformer, main lead… | |
| 太康县 | Taikang, a county in Zhoukou City 周口市[Zhou1 kou3 Shi4], Henan | |
| 威斯康星 | Wisconsin, US state | |
| 康巴藏区 | former Kham province of Tibet, now split between Tibet and Sichuan |
Sound family
These characters use 康 as their sound component — compare how they read.