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棍
gùn
1. stick
2. rod
3. truncheon
Very Common • Top 4% ✏️ 12 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

棍
gùn
stick, cudgel; scoundrel
HSK 6 12 丶

Compound Words (20)

光棍
guānggùn
gangster
冰棍
bīnggùn
popsicle
夹棍
jiāgùn
leg vise (torture instrument)
恶棍
ègùn
scoundrel
拐棍
guǎigùn
cane
撬棍
qiàogùn
crowbar
曲棍
qūgùn
bent stick
木棍
mùgùn
wooden stick
棍子
gùnzi
stick
棍杖
gùnzhàng
wooden staff
棍棒
gùnbàng
club
HSK 6
法棍
Fǎgùn
baguette (bread)
淫棍
yíngùn
dirty old man
球棍
qiúgùn
(sport) club
警棍
jǐnggùn
police truncheon
赌棍
dǔgùn
hardened gambler
长棍
chánggùn
baguette
二节棍
èrjiégùn
nunchaku (weapon with two rods joined by a short chain, used in martial arts)
光棍儿
guānggùnr
single person
光棍节
Guānggùnjié
Singles' Day, celebrated on November 11 (11⁄11)

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Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,254
Word Frequency Rank
3,195 of 84,292

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