慷 (hong2 kong2 | kang1) : generous; fervent

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慷

hong2 kong2

kang1

[1] generous; magnanimous; liberal
[2] fervent; vehement; impassioned

(1) Jyutping kong2 is literary reading; hong2 is colloquial. The latter is much more widely used.
(2) The character is mostly used in compound form 慷慨.

Stroke count: 14

Level: 3

Radical: 心 (#61)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

慷

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慷慨激昂 hong2 koi3 gik1 ngong5 kang1 kai3 ji1 ang2 = impassioned / vehement

慷慨 hong2 koi3 kang1 kai3 = vehement; fervent; generous; liberal

慷他人之慨 hong2 taa1 jan4 zi1 koi3 kang1 ta1 ren2 zhi1 kai3 = generous by giving away other people's things

慷慨解囊 hong2 koi3 gaai2 nong4 kang1 kai3 jie3 nang2 = generously empty open one's wallet to help sb.

慷慨赴義 hong2 koi3 fu6 ji6 kang1 kai3 fu4 yi4 = to passionately lay one\'s life on the line for justice sake

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Decimal representation of this word: 慷
Unicode code for this character: U+6177 (off-site link)

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