Chinese Character Wiki
况

kuàng

condition

Original meaning: 

cold water

Simplified form of 況. Phonosemantic compound. 冫 represents the meaning and 兄 represents the sound.

Components
冫 meaning component

冫  Meaning component

bīng

  

ice

氵 is a component form of 水.

兄 sound component

兄  Sound component

xiōng

  

elder brother

Evolution

况 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
况 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
况 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
况 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

况 (況) 

kuàng

condition, situation; furthermore; moreover; situation

Most common words with 况
Freq.
Word
Meaning

情况

circumstances

状况

condition

何况

let alone

况且

moreover

况

moreover

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[m̥]aŋ-s

xjwangH

kuàng

compare with, be equal to, how much the more


Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 72.9457% of movies

506th most common character in movies

419th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Traditional

況

Unicode

U+51B5


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