kāng

ardent

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
忄 meaning component

  Meaning component

xinxīn

  

heart

is a component form of .

康 sound component

  Sound component

kāng

  

peaceful, healthy

Evolution

慷 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
慷 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

kāng

ardent; generous, magnanimous; generous; magnanimous

Most common words with 慷
Freq.
Word
Meaning

慷慨

vehement

generous

慷慨解囊

to give generously to charity

慷慨激昂

impassioned

慷慨赴义

heroically sacrificing one's life (idiom); to sacrifice oneself fervently to the cause