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杠
gāng
1. flagpole
2. footbridge
Common • Top 10% ✏️ 7 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

杠
gāng
pole, bar; lever, crowbar
HSK 6 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

吊杠
diàogàng
trapeze (gymnastics)
单杠
dāngàng
bar
抬杠
táigàng
to bicker
撬杠
qiàogàng
crowbar
斜杠
xiégàng
oblique bar
杠刀
gàngdāo
to sharpen a knife (or razor etc)
杠夫
gàngfū
pole carrier
杠子
gàngzi
thick bar
杠杆
gànggǎn
lever
HSK 6
杠荡
gàngdàng
to shake
杠铃
gànglíng
barbell
杠头
gàngtóu
argumentative man
横杠
hénggàng
bar
双杠
shuānggàng
parallel bars (gymnastics event)
保险杠
bǎoxiǎngàng
car bumper
反斜杠
fǎnxiégàng
backslash (computing)
敲竹杠
qiāozhúgàng
extortion by taking advantage of sb's weakness
盘杠子
pángàngzi
to carry out gymnastic tricks on horizontal bar
高低杠
gāodīgàng
uneven bars (gymnastics)
杠杆收购
gànggǎnshōugòu
leveraged buyout (LBO)

Alternate Entries

杠
gàng
variant of [[槓|杠<gàng>]]
杠
gàng
thick pole / bar / rod / thick line / to mark with a thick line / to sharpen (knife) / (old) coffin-bearing pole

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
3,065
Word Frequency Rank
8,251 of 84,292