Character: 慷
Modern (Beijing) reading: kāng
Preclassic Old Chinese: khāŋ
Classic Old Chinese: khāŋ
Western Han Chinese: khāŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: khāŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: khāŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: khāŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: khāŋ
Middle Chinese: khâŋ
English meaning : emotion, grief; annoyed
Russian meaning[s]: 1) возбужденный, взволнованный; 2) щедрый, великодушный, широкий (по натуре)
Comments: Attested in the reduplication 慷慨 *khāŋ-khǝ̄ts / 慨慷 *khǝ̄ts-khāŋ.
Radical: 61
Four-angle index: 5563
Karlgren code: 0746 m
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