kāng

chaff

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
米 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

rice

康 sound component

  Sound component

kāng

  

peaceful, healthy

Definitions

 

kāng

chaff, bran, husks; poor; husk; (of a radish etc) spongy (and therefore unappetising)

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kāng

old variant of [kāng]

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kāng

variant of [kāng]

Most common words with 糠
Freq.
Word
Meaning

husk

米糠

bran

糠醛

furfural (chemistry)

筛糠

to sift chaff

糟糠

junk