kangxi
/kɑŋˈʃiː/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A Chinese emperor (1654-1722) from the Qing Dynasty period.
name
The Kangxi Dictionary, a dictionary and cross reference of Chinese characters, first published in 1716 at the behest of the Kangxi emperor, and used to the present day.
Example Sentences
- "In the twenty-second year of the Kangsi emperor (1863), Cing [translating 清 (Qīng)] soldiers conquered Taiwan."
- "Wu on Friday said the museum has completed its investigations into the damage to the stem bowl as well as a yellow porcelain bowl made during the Kangsi era of the Qing Dynasty, which were found to have been broken when museum staff opened their boxes."
- "According to Kangxi, this word has two kinds of pronunciation."
- "[He wrote] Textual Criticism of Kangxi Zidian, 1827[,] in which he identified more than 2500 erroneous citations in Kangxi."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 康熙
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in People.
Inflected Forms
Kanghi (alternative, obsolete)
Canghi (alternative, obsolete)
Kang-hy (alternative, obsolete)
Kamhi (alternative, obsolete)
Camhi (alternative, obsolete)
Kangsi (alternative)