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kàng = k + ang4
to resist / to fight / to defy / anti-
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How to pronounce 抗

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.

= k initial

K is for Karl Marx.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ ang4 final

In the anglepod’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

抗 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
kàng = k + ang4
surname Kang / Kang, one of the 28 constellations
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kàng = k + ang4
high / overbearing / excessive
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shǒu = sh + ou3
"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc
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Characters with 抗 as component

抗 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 抗

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Sentences with 抗

zhè
jiù
shì
fǎn
kàng
de
xià
chang

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kàng

to resist / to fight / to defy / anti-

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