糠
husk; (of a radish etc) spongy (and therefore unappetising)
17 strokes
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How 糠 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
米 (semantic, “rice”) + 康 (phonetic, kāng)
How to remember it
chaff · Heisig RSH #2229
米 rice + 康 hale
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 康
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 康 (kāng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 康 sound component | kāng | health; peace, quiet |
| 慷 | kāng | ardent, fervent; generous, magnanimous |
| 槺 | kāng | warehouse, large room |
Words containing 糠
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 面包糠 | miàn bāo kāng | breadcrumbs |
| 吹糠见米 | chuī kāng jiàn mǐ | instant results; lit. blow the husk and see the rice |
| 木糠 | mù kāng | sawdust |
| 米糠 | mǐ kāng | rice bran |
| 谷糠 | gǔ kāng | grain chaff |
| 糟糠妻 | zāo kāng qī | wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband |
| 稻糠 | dào kāng | rice husk |
| 糟糠 | zāo kāng | chaff, husks, distillers' dregs etc (food eaten by the poor); (fig.) rubbish; junk; (abbr.… |
| 糠疹 | kāng zhěn | pityriasis (medicine) |
| 糠醛 | kāng quán | furfural (chemistry) |
| 筛糠 | shāi kāng | to sift chaff; (fig.) to shake all over |
| 秕糠 | bǐ kāng | chaff; worthless stuff |
| 糠秕 | kāng bǐ | same as 秕糠[bi3 kang1] |