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gàng

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gàng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gàng | gang4
English translation
pole, bar; lever, crowbar

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About gàng

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

gàng

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

tree

Etymology of gàng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

木貢

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

gòng

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Words with gàng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
gāng bar gàng
杠杆 gànggǎn lever槓桿
保险杠 bǎo xiǎn gàng car bumper保險槓
杠铃 gàng líng barbell槓鈴
单杠 dān gàng bar單槓
杠子 gàng zi thick bar槓子
抬杠 tái gàng to bicker抬槓
双杠 shuāng gàng parallel bars (gymnastics event)雙槓
高低杠 gāo dī gàng uneven bars (gymnastics)高低槓
撬杠 qiào gàng crowbar撬槓
敲竹杠 qiāo zhú gàng extortion by taking advantage of sb's weakness敲竹槓
杠夫 gàng fū pole carrier槓夫
盘杠子 pán gàng zi to carry out gymnastic tricks on horizontal bar盤杠子

gàng Decomposition & Compounds

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