Memory phrase for the character: 慷

慷

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Meaning vehement, fervent, generous, giving, magnanimous

Pronunciation

kāng

Explanation

(Left: feelings 忄, right: health 康 (In a building 广 a hand with a spoon 丨 stirs a soup 水 that is healthy.)

Mnemonic
 
Feelings are healthy, if they are vehement and giving.

Radicals

忄 feelings
隶 stirring soupThe official meaning is "slave" but better usable as a hand stirring water (=soup)
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 Vocabulary

慷慨 kāng kǎi  vehement; fervent; generous; giving; liberal
慷慨输将 kāng kǎi shū jiāng  to donate generously (idiom)
慷慨赴义 kāng kǎi fù yì  heroically sacrificing one's life (idiom); to sacrifice oneself fervently to the cause
慷慨赴义 kāng kǎi fù yì  

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