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The Chinese word kang - 康 - kāng
(health in Chinese)

Deutsche Übersetzung von kangDeutschDeutsche Übersetzung
Traduction française de kangFrançaisTraduction française
Traducción española de kangEspañolTraducción española
Chinese-Chinese entry of kang中文中文


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Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)

kāng

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English translation

health

Chinese character and stroke order animation"How do I write 康 ( kāng ) correctly?"

The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :

Chinese characters ( kang / kāng ) with pronunciation (English translation: health )
The traditional Chinese characters of kāng are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Character complexity
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康 is composed of 11 strokes and therefore is of average complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

healthy  |  well being
康 ( kang / kāng ) belongs to the 1000 most common Chinese characters (rank 809)
Chinese example words containing the character 康 ( kang / kāng )
健康 ( jiànkāng = fitness ), 健康保险 ( jiànkāng băoxiăn = health insurance ), 健康秤 ( jiànkāngchèng = health scale ), 健康监测 ( jiànkāngjiāncè = health monitoring ),
More words that mean health in Chinese
jiàn ( 健 ), shēntĭ ( 身体 )

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All words in this dictionary (more to come) were taken from the multimedia Chinese learning software Han Trainer Pro.
This Chinese-English dictionary is currently under development.

 
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