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况

況
kuàng
noun #21,871

Meanings

  1. 1 situation; condition
  2. 2 moreover; besides

Examples

情况怎么样？
Qíngkuàng zěnmeyàng?
How is the situation?
何况他还是个孩子。
Hékuàng tā háishi gè háizi.
Besides, he is still a child.
状况不太好。
Zhuàngkuàng bútàihǎo.
The condition is not great.

Tips

usage
况 is used in: 情况 (situation), 状况 (condition), 况且 (moreover), 何况 (let alone), 战况 (battle situation). It is almost exclusively used in compounds.

Components

radical
冫 bīng
ice (two-drops radical)
Left two-drops ice radical — the indexing radical, drawn as two short strokes (compare the three drops of 氵 water). Sits in 况 by phonetic borrowing rather than meaning: the older form was 況 with 氵, and 冫 is the post-reform graphic substitute. The 'cold / ice' family includes 冷, 冻, 冬.
phonetic
兄 xiōng
elder brother
Right side 兄 supplies the sound — xiōng shifted to kuàng through an Old Chinese velar alternation, the same shift that gave 矿 (kuàng, mine) from 黄. The 'elder brother' meaning is incidental; 况 is about circumstances and comparison ('moreover, what's more') — 何况, 情况.

Stroke Order

况 kuàng