康

音読おんよみ: コウ

訓読くんよみ: none *

画数かくすう: 11

部首ぶしゅ: 广(まだれ)

Meaning

Health / Peace / Ease

  • 健康けんこう — health
  • 徳川家康とくがわいえやす — founder of the Tokugawa shogunate
  • やすらか — calm and peaceful (archaic)

广 suggests a roof or shelter, symbolizing safety. The right side conveys peaceful abundance. Together, 康 expresses living under a roof in ease and health, extending to prosperity and tranquility.

健康けんこうのために運動うんどうしています。
I exercise for my health.

みなやすらかにらせますように。
May everyone live in peace and health.

健
Creates
健康けんこう — health
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