Keyword
husk
- chaff
- bran
- poor
- Frequency
- #4293
- Strokes
- 17
Readings
kāng
Mnemonic
米 (rice) gives the meaning and 康 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
糠
husk; (of a radish etc) spongy (and therefore unappetising)
米糠
rice bran
糠醛
furfural (chemistry)
糠疹
pityriasis (medicine)
糟糠
chaff, husks, distillers' dregs etc (food eaten by the poor); (fig.) rubbish; junk; (abbr. for 糟糠妻 (zāokāngqī)) wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband
筛糠
to sift chaff; (fig.) to shake all over
糠秕
same as 秕糠 (bǐkāng)
木糠
sawdust
谷糠
grain chaff
秕糠
chaff; worthless stuff