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夯
hāng
1. to tamp
2. (slang) popular
3. hot
Common • Top 16% ✏️ 5 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

夯
hāng
burden, load; to lift up; to tamp down
5 丶

Compound Words (13)

砸夯
záhāng
to pound the earth to make a building foundation
夯具
hāngjù
rammer
夯土
hāngtǔ
rammed earth
夯砣
hāngtuó
rammer
打夯
dǎhāng
to ram
木夯
mùhāng
wooden tamp
夯实
hāngshí
to tamp
夯歌
hānggē
rammers' work chant
夯汉
hānghàn
carrier who carries heavy loads on his shoulder (dialect)
夯土机
hāngtǔjī
rammer
蛤蟆夯
hámahāng
power-driven rammer or tamper
齐打夯儿地
qídǎhāngrde
in unison and with one voice (dialect)
墓坑夯土层
mùkēnghāngtǔcéng
layer filled with rammed earth in a tomb pit (archeology)

Alternate Entries

夯
bèn
variant of [[笨<bèn>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
4,573
Word Frequency Rank
13,777 of 84,292

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