Common Meanings
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kāng康
peaceful, healthy, or well-being
祝您生活康乐，身体安康。
May your life be peaceful and joyful, and your body healthy and well.
Refers to something (often food like radishes, fruits, or vegetables) becoming hollow, pithy, or spongy inside, typically due to drying out, overripeness, or decay.
这个西瓜康了，里面都空了。
This watermelon is hollow inside; it's all empty.
Wide; spacious, often referring to roads or pathways that are broad and accessible.
经过努力，我们终于走上了康庄大道
After much effort, we finally embarked on a broad and promising path.
Healthy; well; to recover from an illness.
他很快康复了。
He recovered quickly.
Abundant; well-off; peaceful and prosperous (often used in phrases like '小康' for moderately prosperous or '康年' for a year of bumper harvest).
我们的日子过得越来越小康了。
Our lives are becoming more and more moderately prosperous.