kuāng = ku + ang1
surname Kuang
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kuāng = ku + ang1
to rectify
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How to pronounce 匡

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= ku initial

K is for Karl Koala.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ ang1 final

In front of the anglepod.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

匡 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
fāng = f + ang1
"right open box" radical (Kangxi radical 22), occurring in 区, 医, 匹 etc
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wáng = w + ang2
king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great
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wàng = w + ang4
to rule / to reign over
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Characters with 匡 as component

kuàng = ku + ang4
frame (e.g. door frame) / casing / fig. framework / template / to circle (i.e. draw a circle around sth) / to frame / to restrict / Taiwan pr. [kuang1]
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kuāng = ku + ang1
basket / CL:隻|只[zhi1]
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kuàng = ku + ang4
eye socket
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Words with 匡

Ni Kuang (1935-), Chinese novelist and screenwriter
(of states within the nation) to support the ruler in governing the country
to correct / to amend / to redress (evils)

Sentences with 匡

匡 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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