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Chinese symbol for “funk”

放克
fàng kè
(music) funk (loanword)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for funk is 放克 (fàng kè), defined as: (music) funk (loanword).

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Characters and stroke order

放 fàng
to release, to liberate, to free
radical 66 ⽁ · 8 strokes
克 kè
to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations
radical 10 ⼉ · 7 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 放克.

WordPinyinMeaning
开放 (開放)kāi fàngto bloom; to open
放弃 (放棄)fàng qìto renounce; to abandon; to give up
播放bō fàngto broadcast; to transmit (by radio or TV)
释放 (釋放)shì fàngto release (a prisoner); to set free; to release (energy, gas, resources); to express (emotions, goodwill, intentions)
解放jiě fàngto liberate; to emancipate
放心fàng xīnto feel relieved; to feel reassured
坦克tǎn kè(loanword) tank (military vehicle); (derog.) (slang) overweight woman
马克 (馬克)mǎ kèmark (monetary unit)

See also: Japanese symbol for “funk”.

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.