kāng
adjective #72,292

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 慷慨) generous; fervent; vehement

Examples

Tā kāngkǎi de bǎ jīxù juāngěi zāiqū.
He generously donated his savings to the disaster area.
Tā kāngkǎi-jī'áng de fābiǎo le yǎnshuō.
He gave an impassioned, stirring speech.

Tips

usage
A bound character: it lives in 慷慨, which has two senses — generous and openhanded, or impassioned and fervent. 慷慨激昂 describes a stirring, spirited speech.

Components

radical
xīn
heart (radical form)
Left heart radical, the side-form of . Both senses of 慷慨 — open generosity and fervent emotion — are matters of the heart, which the radical marks. Same family as and .
phonetic
kāng
healthy; well-being
Right supplies the sound — kāng with no tone shift. It contributes no meaning here; it is a pure phonetic, the same element seen in .

Stroke Order

kāng