(kuàng): moreover, situation

(kuàng) is a Chinese character meaning “moreover.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of (structural) and (structural). It ranks #419 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Native pronunciation

Definitions

  1. moreover
  2. situation

Stroke Order

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2
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7

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
nounqíng kuàngcircumstances4
nounzhuàng kuàngcondition5
nounlù kuàngroad condition(s) (e.g. surface, traffic flow etc)6

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
hé kuànglet alone
kuàng qiěmoreover
jìng kuàngcircumstances
shí kuànglive (e.g. broadcast or recording)
jìn kuàngrecent developments
zhàn kuàngbattlefield situation
měi kuàng yù xiàto steadily deteriorate
xiàn kuàngthe current situation
shèng kuànggrand occasion
gài kuànggeneral situation
bìng kuàngstate of an illness
shèng kuàng kōng qiána magnificent and unprecedented event (idiom)
jǐng kuàngcircumstances
jiǒng kuàngpredicament
xiàn shí qíng kuàngcurrent state
37
Total compounds
8
As first character
76
As last character
16
As middle character

appears in 37 compound words: 8 as the first character, 76 as the last, and 16 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 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

qíng
0.770442,688 co-occurrences
zhuàng
0.63770,890 co-occurrences
xià
0.543180,828 co-occurrences
gài
0.53930,756 co-occurrences
zhǒng
0.46337,542 co-occurrences
jǐn
0.4486,483 co-occurrences
zhè
0.43841,622 co-occurrences
è
0.4385,513 co-occurrences
shū
0.4267,242 co-occurrences
mǒu
0.3988,166 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (4)

měikuàngyùxiàHSK 7+

to jump out of the frying pan and into the fire; to go from bad to worse; to steadily deteriorate

phrase
shèng kuàng kōng qiánHSK 6+

a magnificent and unprecedented event (idiom)

phrase
shí kuàng zhuǎn bōHSK 4+

to broadcast live from the scene; live relay

phrase

Showing 3 of 4 idioms containing .

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

他的情比较特殊,需要特别处理。

Tā de qíngkuàng bǐjiào tèshū, xūyào tèbié chǔlǐ.

His situation is rather special and needs to be handled specially.

Swi SwissinfoFeb 2026

7张图表说明LGBTIQ在瑞士各方面的情

7 zhāng tú biǎo shuō míng L G B T I Q zài ruì shì gè fāng miàn de qíng kuàng

7 charts illustrating LGBTIQ in Switzerland in all its aspects

99 健康网Feb 2026

...人老想要进去了又很快软了能治好吗?多数情可逆对吗

. . . rén lǎo xiǎng yāo jìn qù le yòu hěn kuài ruǎn le néng zhì hǎo ma ? duō shǔ qíng kuàng kě nì duì ma

... People always want to go in and quickly soften, can they be cured? Most of the cases are reversible, right?

LtnFeb 2026

离婚黄子佼半年!孟耿如近曝光 周丹薇泄私下互动

lí hūn huáng zǐ 佼 bàn nián ! mèng gěng rú jìn kuàng pù guāng zhōu dān 薇 xiè sī xià hù dòng

Divorced Huang Zijiao for half a year! Meng Gengru's recent situation was exposed, and Zhou Danwei leaked private interactions

東方日報Feb 2026

【战R11】罗廐练马师团体马又赢 全家总动员...

zhàn kuàng R 1 1 luó 廐 liàn mǎ shī tuán tǐ mǎ yòu yíng quán jiā zǒng dòng yuán . . .

【Battle R11】Luo Lai Trainer Group Horse Wins Again Family Mobilization...

百度新闻Feb 2026

冬奥会|花样滑冰——女子单人滑短节目赛(12)

dōng ào huì huā yàng huá bīng nǚ zǐ shàn rén huá duǎn jié mù sài kuàng

Winter Olympics|Figure Skating - Women's Single Skating Short Program Competition (12)

Tatoeba

能告诉我你的婚姻状吗?

Néng gàosu wǒ nǐ de hūnyīn zhuàngkuàng ma?

Can you tell me about your marital status?

Tatoeba

你告诉汤姆那是紧急情了吗?

Nǐ gàosu Tāngmǔ nàshi jǐnjí qíngkuàng le ma?

Did Tom tell you it was an emergency?

Tatoeba

波斯顿那时的情如何?

Bōsī dùn nàshí de qíngkuàng rúhé?

What was the situation in Boston?

Tatoeba

正在改善,所以振作起来!

Qíngkuàng zhèngzài gǎishàn, suǒyǐ zhènzuò qǐlai!

The situation is improving, so cheer up!

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced kuàng

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 况 (kuàng) mean in Chinese?
况 (kuàng) primarily means "moreover." It is classified as HSK Level 4, making it an upper-intermediate character. It ranks #419 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 况 have?
况 is written with 7 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 况?
The radical associated with 况 is 冫 (ice). This radical appears in many characters related to ice.
What are the components of 况?
况 is composed of: 冫 (structural), 兄 (structural). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰冫兄 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 况?
Common words with 况 include: 情况 (qíng kuàng, "circumstances"); 状况 (zhuàng kuàng, "condition"); 何况 (hé kuàng, "let alone"); 况且 (kuàng qiě, "moreover"); 境况 (jìng kuàng, "circumstances"). There are over 37 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 况 (kuàng)?
Several characters share the pronunciation kuàng: 筐 (basket), 狂 (mad), 旷 (to neglect), 矿 (mine, ore), and 1 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 况 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
No. The simplified form is 况 and the traditional form is 況.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.