杠 — Chinese character
杠
gāng
pole, bar; lever, crowbar
- Pinyin
- gāng
- Radical
- 75 ⽊ (Tree)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 木 工
- Formation
- ideographic — A wooden 木 lever 工; 工 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 杠 as a kanji
Common words with 杠
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 杠杆 (槓桿) | gàng gǎn | lever; pry bar |
| 单杠 (單槓) | dān gàng | bar; bold line |
| 双杠 (雙槓) | shuāng gàng | parallel bars (gymnastics event) |
| 抬杠 (抬槓) | tái gàng | to bicker; to argue for the sake of arguing |
| 保险杠 (保險槓) | bǎo xiǎn gàng | car bumper |
| 杠铃 (槓鈴) | gàng líng | barbell |
| 杠子 (槓子) | gàng zi | thick bar; solid carrying pole |
| 杠上 (槓上) | gàng shàng | to get into a dispute with |
| 高低杠 (高低槓) | gāo dī gàng | uneven bars (gymnastics) |
| 横杠 (橫槓) | héng gàng | bar; horizontal bar |
| 斜杠 (斜槓) | xié gàng | slash; forward slash (punctuation mark); (neologism, attested by 2016) (coll.) (attributive) pursuing multiple career paths concurrently; having a portfolio car |
| 敲竹杠 (敲竹槓) | qiāo zhú gàng | extortion by taking advantage of sb's weakness |
English words written with 杠
杠 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 1
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