糠

穅/粇
kāng
康 + 米

Definitions

kāng variant of 糠[kāng]
kāng old variant of 糠[kāng]
kāng husk; (of a radish etc) spongy (and therefore unappetising)

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 米 represents the meaning and 康 represents the sound. Simplified form of 穅.

Semantic: 米 Phonetic: 康

About

糠 is a phono-semantic compound: the meaning component 米 'rice' indicates a cereal grain, and 康 provides the sound. It is the simplified form of the traditional character 穅. The character refers to the outer husks, or chaff, removed when grain is milled, leaving the edible part behind. Because this material is light and worthless, 糠 carries connotations of emptiness and lack of substance, underscoring the contrast between the nourishing grain and the discarded byproduct.

Example Sentences Hide

猪喜欢吃米糠。

Zhū xǐhuān chī mǐkāng.

Pigs like to eat rice bran.

米糠是健康的饲料。

Mǐkāng shì jiànkāng de sìliào.

Rice bran is healthy feed.

农民用糠来喂家禽。

Nóngmín yòng kāng lái wèi jiāqín.

Farmers use chaff to feed poultry.

稻糠可以改良土壤。

Dàokāng kěyǐ gǎiliáng tǔrǎng.

Rice chaff can improve soil.

从谷物中分离出糠并不容易。

Cóng gǔwù zhōng fēnlí chū kāng bìng bù róngyì.

Separating chaff from grain is not easy.

这种米糠油富含维生素E。

Zhè zhǒng mǐkāng yóu fùhán wéishēngsù E.

This kind of rice bran oil is rich in vitamin E.

在加工过程中，糠常常被废弃。

Zài jiāgōng guòchéng zhōng, kāng chángcháng bèi fèiqì.

During processing, chaff is often discarded.

现代科技让糠的利用更加多样化。

Xiàndài kējì ràng kāng de lìyòng gèngjiā duōyàng huà.

Modern technology makes the utilization of chaff more diversified.

Related Characters

Component: 康

慷 鱇 槺 穅

Component: 米

类 断 精 料 米 继 奥 迷 粮 糊 粗 粉 粒 粹

Example Words

糟糠 木糠 筛糠 米糠 面包糠 谷糠