慷 kāng ardent
ardent; fervent; generous
怎么记住“慷”: 忄 heart + 康 health = ardent. Back to full health after a year of illness, the young doctor speaks from the heart with an ardent wish to help others.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
慷 = 忄 heart + 康 health
- 忄 heart meaning
- 康 health sound
- 广 broad
- 隶 subordinate
Back to full health after a year of illness, the young doctor speaks from the heart with an ardent wish to help others.
How it came to be
The heart gives the meaning and the sign for health the sound; the word was first written with another sound part.
用法
- Bound; only in 慷慨 (kāngkǎi): either generous (慷慨大方 kāngkǎi dàfāng openhanded) or fervent (慷慨陈词 kāngkǎi chéncí to speak with passion).
- 慷他人之慨 (kāng tārén zhī kǎi) = to be generous with someone else's money.