糠 — Chinese character
糠
kāng
chaff, bran, husk; poor
- Pinyin
- kāng
- Radical
- 119 ⽶ (Rice)
- Strokes
- 17
- Components
- 米 康
- Formation
- pictophonetic — rice; meaning component 米; sound component 康
- Japanese
- 糠 as a kanji
Common words with 糠
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 米糠 | mǐ kāng | rice bran |
| 糠醛 | kāng quán | furfural (chemistry) |
| 糠疹 | kāng zhěn | pityriasis (medicine) |
| 糟糠 | zāo kāng | chaff, husks, distillers' dregs etc (food eaten by the poor); (fig.) rubbish |
| 筛糠 (篩糠) | shāi kāng | to sift chaff; (fig.) to shake all over |
| 糠秕 | kāng bǐ | same as 秕糠 (bǐ kāng) |
| 木糠 | mù kāng | sawdust |
| 谷糠 (穀糠) | gǔ kāng | grain chaff |
| 秕糠 | bǐ kāng | chaff; worthless stuff |
| 吹糠见米 (吹糠見米) | chuī kāng jiàn mǐ | instant results; lit. blow the husk and see the rice |
| 稻糠 | dào kāng | rice husk |
| 糟糠妻 | zāo kāng qī | wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband |
English words written with 糠
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