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Kanghui en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /kɒŋ.hwi/
  • käng′hwā′
  • /kɑŋ-/

Etymology

From Mandarin 康回 (Kānghuí).

Meanings

  1. (Chinese) Personal name of Gonggong, a monster.
    • After the death of Fu-hsi, she reigned as Nü-huang. Two feudal princes, Kung Kung and K’ang Hui tried to overthrow her reign of the Element Wood by the use of the Element Water, but she countered by the use of the Element Fire. [1992, Derek Walters, “Nü Kua, Nü Wa”, in Chinese Mythology: An Encyclopedia of Myth and Legend, HarperCollins, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 129: