kang

The word “kang” means a traditional heated platform bed found in northern China, built from brick or clay and warmed from beneath. In plain terms, either a Chinese heated sleeping platform, or (as slang) to lift someone else’s creative work without proper credit.

“Kang” is pronounced käng.

Here is “kang” used in a sentence: “The whole family slept on the kang to stay warm through the winter.”

Depending on how it is used, “kang” can be a noun and a verb.

The word “kang” comes from Chinese. The bed sense is from Chinese kang. The slang "to copy" sense is unrelated internet slang of disputed origin, popularised in gaming and modding communities.

“Kang” is an uncommon word in modern English.

“Kang” has 2 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: a traditional heated platform bed found in northern China, built from brick or clay and warmed from beneath.

As slang, to kang means to copy or repurpose someone else's creative work, especially a game mod or character, with minimal changes and then pass it off as original. It carries a negative connotation, implying the copier is not giving proper credit.

A kang is a traditional heated platform bed found in northern China, built from brick or clay and warmed from beneath, historically used both for sleeping and as a warm place to sit during cold weather.

The slang sense of kang is closely related to plagiarizing, since it involves taking someone else's creative work and presenting it as one's own with only minor alterations, though it is most often used specifically about mods, characters, or online creative content.