kàng
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 matched; equal; well-matched (as a couple)
  2. 2 upright and outspoken
  3. 3 big and strong

Examples

Tāmen liǎ shì ēn'ài de kànglì.
The two of them are a well-matched and devoted couple.
Tā wéirén kàngzhí, bú pà rènhé rén.
He is upright and outspoken, afraid of no one.

Tips

usage
is literary. By far its most common modern use is 伉俪, a formal, respectful word for a married couple — the kind used on wedding cards and in polite writing.

Components

radical
rén
person
Left is the side-person radical , the standing form of . It marks the word as describing a person — well-matched, sturdy, or forthright.
phonetic
kàng
high; lofty (phonetic)
Right is (high, haughty), giving the sound kàng exactly with an overtone of standing tall and proud. The same phonetic appears in (to resist) and .

Stroke Order

kàng