Memory phrase for the character: 炕

炕

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Meaning

Ondol "underfloor heating", a heatable brick bed

Pronunciation

kàng

Explanation

 Left: fire 火, right: overbearing 亢 (sturdy person with a broad neck and wearing a cap like: navigator 航)

Mnemonic
 
The fire heats the lying person 亠 on this 'table' 几, the: Ondol

Radicals

火 fireAlso this radical 灬 stands for fire.
亢 overbearing




 Vocabulary

落炕 lào kàng  to be laid up in bed with illness
铺炕 pū kàng  to make a bed; to lay bedding
老婆孩子热炕头 lǎo pó hái zi rè kàng tou  wife kids and a warm bed (common saying); the simple and good life; longa est vita si plena est; la dolce vita
老婆孩子热炕头 lǎo pó hái zi rè kàng tou  

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