穅

Information about character(s)

Radical: 禾
Radical Strokes: 5
Additional Strokes: 11
Total Strokes: 16
Variants: 糠

Pronunciation

Pinyin: kāng
Cantonese: hong1
JapaneseKun: NUKA MUNASHII
JapaneseOn: KOU
Korean: KANG

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: chaff, bran, husks of grain, from which comes: --poor, remiss

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《禾部》穅榖皮也。从禾从米，庚聲。

康熙字典文字版 【午集下】【禾字部】穅
〔古文〕𥹺【唐韻】苦岡切【集韻】丘岡切【正韻】丘剛切，𠀤音康。【說文】穀皮也。从禾从米，庚聲。【前漢·貢禹傳】妻子穅豆不贍。【莊子·天運篇】播穅眯目，則天地四方易位矣。　又【諡法】好樂怠政曰穅。【前漢·諸侯王表】有中山穅王。　又樂器名。【禮·樂記】治亂以相。【註】相卽拊也，亦以節樂。拊以韋爲表，裝之以穅。槺一名相，因以名焉。　或省作康。【爾雅·釋器】康謂之蠱。【註】康，米皮。　【集韻】或作粇，亦作糠。