Chinese symbol for “jar”
缸
gāng
jar; vat; classifier for loads of laundry; measure word: 口 (kǒu)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for jar is 缸 (gāng), defined as: jar; vat; classifier for loads of laundry; measure word: 口 (kǒu).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “jar”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 缸.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 浴缸 | yù gāng | bathtub |
| 气缸 (氣缸) | qì gāng | cylinder (engine) |
| 鱼缸 (魚缸) | yú gāng | fish tank; fishbowl |
| 汽缸 | qì gāng | cylinder (of steam engine or internal combustion engine) |
| 烟灰缸 (煙灰缸) | yān huī gāng | ashtray |
| 水缸 | shuǐ gāng | water jar |
See also: Japanese symbol for “jar”.
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.