匡 kuāng

  1. kuāng verb to correct; to rectify
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '匡'; Guoyu '匡' v 1, p. 245; Kroll 2015 '匡' 1, p. 245; Unihan '匡'; XHZD '匡' 1, p. 401)
  2. kuāng verb to help; to save
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '匡' v 2, p. 245; Kroll 2015 '匡' 2, p. 245; XHZD '匡' 2, p. 401)
  3. kuāng verb to approximate
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (XHZD '匡' 3, p. 401)
  4. kuāng noun eye socket
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '匡' n 1; Kroll 2015 '匡' 3, p. 245)
  5. kuāng verb to envelop
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '匡' 3a, p. 245)
  6. kuāng adjective crooked
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '匡' 4, p. 245)
  7. kuāng verb to expect
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '匡' v 3)
  8. kuāng proper noun Kuang
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '匡'; Guoyu '匡' n)

Contained in

  • 方匡 name of Kangxi radical 31
  • 匡君救主 correcting a lord and saving a sovereign; correcting a ruler from making a grave error
  • 匡扶社稷 (of states within the nation) to support the ruler in governing the country
  • 匡俗 a person who corrects habits ; Kuang Su
  • 倪匡 Ni Kuang
  • 匡合 to bring into order
  • 匡正 to correct; to amend; to redress (evils)

Also contained in

匡庐 、 匡山 、 徐匡迪 、 赵匡乂 、 赵匡胤 、 赵匡义 、 匡王 、 匡衡

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