慷 (kāng): used in 慷慨
慷 (kāng) is a Chinese character meaning “used in 慷慨.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 忄 (semantic) and 康 (phonetic). It ranks #2710 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 慷 heart. Its radical form 忄 (heart) appears in many related characters such as 忙 (máng, busy), 快 (kuài, fast, happy), 怎 (zěn, how).
Definitions
- used in 慷慨
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 慷慨 | kāng kǎi | vehement |
| 慷慨解囊 | kāng kǎi jiě náng | to contribute generously (idiom) |
| 慷慨激昂 | kāng kǎi jī áng | impassioned |
| 慷慨输将 | kāng kǎi shū jiāng | to donate generously (idiom) |
| 慷慨捐生 | kāng kǎi juān shēng | sacrificing one's life generously (idiom) |
| 慷慨赴义 | kāng kǎi fù yì | heroically sacrificing one's life (idiom) |
慷 appears in 6 compound words: 100 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 慷 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
heroically sacrificing one's life (idiom); to sacrifice oneself fervently to the cause
to make generous donations; to contribute funds generously; to help someone generously with money
heroically sacrificing one's life (idiom); to sacrifice oneself fervently to the cause
to make generous donations; to contribute funds generously; to help someone generously with money
Example Sentences
看到孩子的进步，父母慷中十分欣慰。
kàn dào hái zǐ de jìn bù , fù mǔ kāng zhōng shí fēn xīn wèi .
Seeing their child's progress, the parents felt deeply gratified.
吴慷仁《寒战1994》预告片只出现1秒!影迷...
wú kāng rén hán zhàn 1 9 9 4 yù gào piàn zhī chū xiàn 1 miǎo ! yǐng mí . . .
我很钦佩他的慷慨大方。
Wǒ hěn qīnpèi tā de kāngkǎi dàfāng.
I had great admiration for his generosity.
Character Family
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