炕

匟
kàng
#2,969 most
frequent character
old variant of 炕[kang4]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

炕 has 火 fire as its meaning part and 亢 kàng as its sound part. It first meant to bake or toast, then grew to drying by heat and a heated brick bed.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

炕kàng
kang (a heatable brick bed)

Homophones

抗kàng
to resist, to fight, to defy

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