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Chinese symbol for “flagpole”

杠
gāng
flagpole; footbridge

The closest CC-CEDICT match for flagpole is 杠 (gāng), defined as: flagpole; footbridge.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

杠 gāng
pole, bar; lever, crowbar
radical 75 ⽊ · 7 strokes

Other Chinese words for “flagpole”

WordPinyinMeaning
旗杆qí gānflagpole

Related words

Other words that share a character with 杠.

WordPinyinMeaning
杠杆 (槓桿)gàng gǎnlever; pry bar
单杠 (單槓)dān gàngbar; bold line
双杠 (雙槓)shuāng gàngparallel bars (gymnastics event)
抬杠 (抬槓)tái gàngto bicker; to argue for the sake of arguing
保险杠 (保險槓)bǎo xiǎn gàngcar bumper
杠铃 (槓鈴)gàng língbarbell

See also: Japanese symbol for “flagpole”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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