Chinese Character Wiki

匡

kuāng

correct

Components
匚 meaning component

匚  Meaning component

fāng

  

box

box

王 sound component

王  Sound component

wáng, wàng

  

king

Evolution

匡 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
匡 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

匡  

kuāng

correct, restore, revise; to rectify

匡  

Kuāng

surname Kuang

Most common words with 匡
Freq.
Word
Meaning

匡

surname Kuang

赵匡胤

Zhao Kuangyin, personal name of founding Song emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 (927-976)

徐匡迪

Xu Kuangdi (1937-), PRC politician and former mayor of Shanghai

匡正

to correct

Component uses

Sound component in 6 characters (0 verified)

框 眶 筐 誆 诓 哐

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*k-pʰaŋ

khjwang

kuāng

square basket


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3260th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+5321

Shuowen

“匡，飲器，筥也。从匚，聲。筐，匡或从竹。”


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