Chinese Character Wiki
亢

kàng

high

Pictograph of a person with a line through their legs. Original meaning unclear.

Evolution

亢 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
亢 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
亢 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
亢 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
亢 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

亢  

kàng

high, proud; violent, excessive; skilled; name; high; overbearing; excessive

亢  

Kàng

surname Kang; Kang, one of the 28 constellations

Most common words with 亢
Freq.
Word
Meaning

亢奋

excited

高亢

reverberating

甲亢

hyperthyroidism

亢进

hyperfunction (medical)

亢

high

Component uses

Sound component in 14 characters (2 verified)

抗 航 坑 杭 炕 吭 肮 骯 闶 伉 钪 沆 颃 頏

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*k-ŋˤaŋ

kang

gāng

lift high


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3268th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

4

Unicode

U+4EA2

Shuowen

“亢，人頸也。从大省，象頸脈形。頏，亢或从頁。”


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