fu-k'ang
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Fukang.
Example Sentences
- "The Tungan army had left a trail of desolation in the style traditional of Chinese Moslem wars. The old-time Chinese magistrate of Fu-k’ang told us of the sufferings of his flock in the rebellion. His district included the lower ranges of the Bogdo Ula group, with many Kazak."
- "The strategic Dawan Ch’eng was taken, the district of Fu-k’ang — some twenty-five miles north-east of the capital — fell into rebel hands, and in the neighbouring district of San-to-pao an estimated 900 Han Chinese were killed, whilst large stocks of rice which would normally have provisioned Urumchi were captured and burned."
- "Later a larger Han force under General Wang Hui went to the northwest and captured the king of Ku-shih (Ku-shih, in the modern Turfan, Ch’i-t’ai, and Fu-k’ang area in northwestern Sinkiang, with its center at Chiao-ho city, Yarkhoto)."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 阜康, -