Chinese surname · rank 491

亢

亢 is read as kàng.

Pinyin

kàng

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 亢

Basic meaning

high, proud; violent, excessive; skilled; name; 2nd lunar mansion, determinative star κ Virginis (Kang)

Five element

Earth

Origin

Time: Spring and Autumn tradition, 770-476 BCE

Place: Kangfu in the Qi state layer, associated with the Jining area of Shandong; San Kang tradition points to a Wei state place layer in present Henan.

Origin note

Kang is verified through two source-backed layers. One is geographic: residents associated with Kangfu, a Qi place in the Warring States period, used the place-name as a surname. The other is a related-surname layer: sources connect Kang with Kuang, Anti and Hang forms through the Wei San Kang officials and later graphic or phonetic variation. These are kept as parallel traditions, not a single exclusive origin.

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Wikipedia surname overview: Kang - Baijiaxing continuation placement; Kangfu place-name layer; San Kang related-surname layer
Baijiayoupu surname reference: Kang - San Kang officials, Kangfu descendants, and related Kuang/Anti/Hang surname tradition
23mofang surname reference: Kang - Kangfu, Dukang, constellation and ethnic Hanization layers as modern surname summary
Han Dian: Kang - basic character meanings, Twenty-Eight Mansions star name, and surname listing only

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