Chinese Word: 杠 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

杠 (Trad.: 槓)Polyphone (多音字)HSK 6

Total strokes: 7; Radical: 木

Ideographic:A wooden 木 lever 工; 工 also provides the pronunciation

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 木 [ mù ] tree; wood, lumber; wooden
- 工 [ gōng ] labor, work; laborer, worker

Similar Characters: 杜扛柱

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Pinyin: gàng

English Definition:thick pole; bar; rod; thick line; to mark with a thick line; to sharpen (knife); (old) coffin-bearing pole

Chinese Definition:
①一种较粗的棍子：杠子。杠杆。
②在阅读或批改文字中作标记而画的粗直线。

Example Words:

杠杆HSK 6	gàng gǎn	lever; pry bar; crowbar; financial leverage
杠子	gàng zi	thick bar; solid carrying pole
双杠	shuāng gàng	parallel bars (gymnastics event)
抬杠	tái gàng	to bicker; to argue for the sake of arguing; to carry on poles (together with sb else); to carry a coffin on poles
单杠	dān gàng	bar; bold line; horizontal bar (gymnastics event)