【炕】Chinese Character Details

| Pinyin | kàng |
|---|---|
| Zhuyin | ㄎㄤˋ |
| Radical | 火 |
| Strokes | 8 |
| HSK | - |
| TOCFL | - |
| Unicode | u+7095 |
Stroke Order Diagram
🔊1.点
🔊2.撇
🔊3.撇
🔊4.点
🔊5.点
🔊6.横
7....
8....
Meanings
kàng
(1) 烤、烘干。如:“炕饼”、“炕肉”。
(2) 北方各地用砖或土在屋里砌成的长方形卧榻。下有孔道,与烟囱相通,可生火取暖。如:“睡炕”、“火炕”、“暖炕”。
Meanings
kàng
1.
北方人用土坯或砖砌成的供睡觉用的长方台
kang;a heatable brick bed (in North China)
【Examples】
◎ 南屋的炕拆了还没盘。
◎ The kang (heated bed) in the south room was dismantled but not yet rebuilt.
◎ 罗锅着腰坐在炕上
◎ sit hunched up on the kang
◎ 我们家有一铺炕。
◎ Our home has a kang.
2.
方 (烤)
bake or dry by the heat of a fire
【Examples】
◎ 把湿麦子摊在炕上炕干
◎ spread the wet wheat on a heated kang to dry
Vocabulary
