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kang¹

  • /ˈkɑŋ/ US
  • /ˈkæŋ/ US
  • /ˈkæŋ/ UK

Sounds like kong (cot-caught merger) (some accents) · Rhymes with -æŋ, -ɑŋ

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Chinese 炕.

noun kangs · k'ang

  1. A traditional long platform of brick, clay or concrete, used for heating in colder parts of China and suitable for sleeping on at night. Why is it built this way? Oh, it's a kang. It's heated from underneath, like an oven. Kang? What is a kang for? A community bed. You'll find them in every inn in north China. We've got lots of rooms, but when winter comes, this is the bed everybody'll be in. You mean togther? Thirty, forty, fifty at
  2. A large Chinese water jar.

kang²

noun kangs

  1. abbreviation, clipping, informal Clipping of kangaroo

kang³

  • /ˈkæŋ/ US, UK
  • [ˈkæŋ] US, UK
  • /ˈkaŋ/ British, Scotland, Southern
  • /ˈkaŋ/ Midlands, Northern England
  • /ˈkaŋɡ/ Midlands, Northern England
  • /ˈkeɪ̯ŋ/
  • [ˈkeɪ̯ŋ]
  • [ˈkɛ̃ŋ]
  • /ˈkæːŋ/ Australia
  • [ˈkæːŋ] Australia
  • [ˈkɛːŋ] ~ [ˈkeːŋ] Australia

Sounds like king (thank-think merger) · Rhymes with -æŋ

Where it comes from

From the Internet meme we wuz kangz, with the word kang itself ultimately from king, referring to the pharaohs, from which Afrocentrist nationalists claim to be descended.

noun kangs · kangz

  1. Internet, nonstandard Nonstandard form of king

verb kangs · kanging · kanged

  1. India, transitive To appropriate the history of another ethnicity or country, in particular an empire or a civilization.
  2. intransitive, transitive To mock or satirize a popular but discredited Afrocentric theory claiming that sub-Saharan Africans were descended from or related to ancient Egyptians.

kang⁴

Where it comes from

Online alias of an XDA-Developers.com user who appropriated the work of other users.

verb kangs · kanging · kanged

  1. slang To appropriate someone else's work.

Kang⁵

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Korean 강(姜) (Gang), Mandarin 康 (Kāng) or Hokkien 江 (Kang).

proper noun Kangs

  1. A surname from Korean.
  2. A surname from Chinese.
  3. alternative Alternative form of Kangabam surname of Meitei origin
  4. alternative Alternative form of Kangjam surname of Meitei origin
  5. alternative Alternative form of Kangujam surname of Meitei origin

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: jockey, gang, recreation, sport, reporter, leisure, purpose, ginger, chia, hong, hi, pei, jiang, cornell, chiang, talents

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"kang." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/kang. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

kang. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/kang

Chicago

"kang." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/kang.

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@misc{kang_2026,
  title = {kang},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kang},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}