Chinese symbol for “chaff”
秕糠
bǐ kāng
chaff; worthless stuff
The closest CC-CEDICT match for chaff is 秕糠 (bǐ kāng), defined as: chaff; worthless stuff.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “chaff”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 秕糠.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 糠秕 | kāng bǐ | same as 秕糠 (bǐ kāng) |
| 秕子 | bǐ zi | blighted grain |
| 秕谷 (秕穀) | bǐ gǔ | grain not fully grown |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “chaff”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.