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杠
槓
gàng
1. thick pole
2. bar
3. rod
4. thick line
5. to mark with a thick line
6. to sharpen (knife)
7. (old) coffin-bearing pole
Common • Top 10% ✏️ 7 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

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

Compound Words (20)

杠铃
gànglíng
barbell
杠头
gàngtóu
argumentative man
横杠
hénggàng
bar
单杠
dāngàng
bar
抬杠
táigàng
to bicker
撬杠
qiàogàng
crowbar
吊杠
diàogàng
trapeze (gymnastics)
斜杠
xiégàng
oblique bar
双杠
shuānggàng
parallel bars (gymnastics event)
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
高低杠
gāodīgàng
uneven bars (gymnastics)
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
保险杠
bǎoxiǎngàng
car bumper
金融杠杆
jīnrónggànggǎn
financial leverage

Alternate Entries

杠
gāng
flagpole / footbridge
杠
gàng
variant of [[槓|杠<gàng>]]

Metadata

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

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