糠 Stroke Order

糠 (kāng) 1. The shell or husk that falls off the seeds of rice, wheat, millet, etc. 2. The center of a radish or similar vegetable that becomes honeycomb-like due to loss of moisture. 1. The shell or husk that falls off the seeds of rice, wheat, millet, etc.: rice chaff; coarse chaff; husk peel; formaldehyde (an organic compound that is a raw material for making plastics, synthetic fibers, synthetic rubber, medicines, etc.). 2. The center of a radish or similar vegetable that becomes honeycomb-like due to loss of moisture. 糠 (kāng) 1. The skin or shell that comes off the husks of grains like rice and wheat. 2. Chaff; bran; husks of grains. 1. Initially written as “穅” and “康”. The outer shell of grains ([En.] chaff; bran; husks). 【Examples】 - "Neighbor has a chaff trough and wants to steal it." (from Mozi, Gongshu) - "This is like the relationship between meat and chaff." - Further examples: coarse grain for half a year's food; chaff residue (coarse particles in chaff, describing rough food); husk rice (broken rice mixed with husk, referring to inferior grain); lamps made from chaff (an old-fashioned lighting tool, burning chaff, used commonly in rural Jilin). 2. The crushed skin layer separated from wheat seeds, rye seeds, or other grains, especially used as livestock feed ([En.] bran). 【Reference】 - "Chaff and rice were originally dependent on each other, now they are separated by tossing." (from Pipa Ji, Zao Kang Zi Yan)