糠
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husk; (of a radish etc) spongy (and therefore unappetising)
- Strokes
- 17
- Radical
- 米 +11
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 糠
- Common rank
- #2,741
- Unicode
- U+7CE0
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Formation & memory
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Words with 糠
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 面包糠 | breadcrumbs | |
| 吹糠见米 | instant results; lit. blow the husk and see the rice | |
| 木糠 | sawdust | |
| 米糠 | rice bran | |
| 谷糠 | grain chaff | |
| 糟糠妻 | wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband | |
| 稻糠 | rice husk | |
| 糟糠 | chaff, husks, distillers' dregs etc (food eaten by the poor); (fig.) rubbish; junk; (abbr.… | |
| 糠疹 | pityriasis (medicine) | |
| 糠醛 | furfural (chemistry) | |
| 筛糠 | to sift chaff; (fig.) to shake all over | |
| 秕糠 | chaff; worthless stuff | |
| 糠秕 | same as 秕糠[bi3 kang1] |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 康 — compare how they read.