炕 Stroke Order — How to Write 炕
炕 is written in 8 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 火, then complete the remaining strokes.
Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.
炕 Radical and Character Components
炕 is a phono-semantic compound: 火 (fire) carries the meaning, while 亢 indicates the sound.
Radical: 火 + 4 more strokes
炕 Pronunciation and Pinyin
- kàng
Meanings of 炕 in Chinese
kàng炕
Common Words and Phrases with 炕
More words with 炕
- niào尿kàng炕to wet the bed
- pū铺kàng炕to make the bed on a kàng
- huǒ火kàng炕kang, heated bed
- tǔ土kàng炕kang, heatable brick bed
- kàng炕shàng上on the kang, on the heatable brick bed
- kàng炕tóu头End of a heated brick bed, Warmest part of a heated brick bed
- yí一kàng炕a kang, a heated brick bed
- rè热kàng炕Heated brick bed, Kang
- kàng炕yi一kàng炕To warm up, To heat briefly
- kàng炕zhuō桌ér儿shàng上on the kang table, on the heated bed table
- shāo烧kàng炕qǔ取nuǎn暖Heating a kang for warmth, To warm a kang
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Open the tool →Questions about 炕
What does 炕 mean in Chinese?
炕 (kàng) means “To dry (something” in Chinese.
How do you pronounce 炕?
炕 is pronounced kàng in Mandarin Chinese.
How many strokes does 炕 have?
炕 has 8 strokes.
How do you write 炕?
炕 is written in 8 strokes, starting from the radical 火. See the animated stroke order on this page.
What is the radical of 炕?
The radical of 炕 is 火, and 炕 is a phono-semantic compound.