kàng

common
dialect

Meaning of

炕 means brick bed for heating and sleeping; dry over heat; toast. Pronounced kàng.

  • brick bed for heating and sleeping
  • dry over heat; toast

Character Info

Radical
Strokes10
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Dōng
tiān
zài
dōng
běi
de
kàng
tóu
shàng
shuì
jiào
bié
nuǎn
huo
 

Sleeping on the brick bed in northeast China is very warm in winter.

Lǎo
lao
jiā
de
kàng
shàng
zhe
hòu
hòu
de
huā
zi
 

The brick bed at my grandma's house is covered with a thick floral quilt.

Nóng
cūn
de
kàng
néng
shuì
jiào
yòu
néng
nuǎn
 

A rural brick bed can be used for sleeping and heating.

Xiǎo
shí
hou
zuì
ài
zài
kàng
shàng
xiǎo
huǒ
bàn
wán
yóu
 

When I was little, I loved playing games with friends on the brick bed.

Běi
fāng
nóng
cūn
hěn
duō
jiā
tíng
dōu
yǒu
huǒ
kàng
 

Many rural families in northern China have heated brick beds.