炕
kàng

the brick-bed in northern China

Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 亢 represents the sound. Simplified form of 匟.

Components

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
亢
亢 Sound component
kàng, gāng, gēng high

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰaːŋs
qʰaːŋ

說文解字

乾也。从火亢聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)