亢
Ancient forms
3 forms- Oracle boneShang
- BronzeWestern Zhou
- Small sealQin–Han
- 亢RegularToday
Glyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
kàng kang4
- high
- overbearing
- excessive
Kàng kang4
- surname Kang
- Kang, one of the 28 constellations
Example sentences
- His voice is loud.
Words with 亢
- 高亢gāokànghigh-pitched and penetrating (musical instrument, voice etc)
- 亢进kàngjìnhyperfunction (medical)
- 亢直kàngzhíupright and unyielding (literary)
- 甲亢jiǎkànghyperthyroidism
- 亢奋kàngfènexcited
- 亢旱kànghànsevere drought (literary)
- 不亢不卑bùkàngbùbēineither haughty nor humble
- 不卑不亢bùbēibùkàngneither servile nor overbearing (idiom)