kuàng

tomb

Evolution

壙 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
壙 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
壙 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Definitions

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kuàng

tomb, grave: prairie; open wilderness; tomb

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*kʷʰˤaŋ-s

khwangH

kuàng

grave pit


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6492nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

17

Simplified

Unicode

U+58D9

Shuowen

“壙,塹穴也。一曰大也。从土,廣聲。”


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