kāng

康

Character · Noun

same as 糠

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 1 examples

1.

noun

chaff; bran

archaic

Rare literary/archaic usage, refers to the husk of grains.

Gǔ古

dài代

pín贫

kǔ苦

bǎi百

xìng姓

cháng常

yǐ以

kāng康

lì粝

chōng充

jī饥

。

In ancient times, poor people often ate chaff and coarse grain to satisfy their hunger.