匡

Kuang1
#3,254 most
frequent character
surname Kuang

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

匡 has 匚 box as its meaning part and 王 wáng as its sound part, though the sound is loose. It first meant a kind of food container. The meaning 'to rectify, correct' was borrowed by sound alone.

匡 as a component in other characters

meaning1 character
筐
sound5 characters
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Same Characters, Different Readings

匡kuāng
(literary) to rectify

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