Chinese symbol for “ram”
夯
hāng
to ram; to tamp; a rammer; a tamper; excellent; exceptionally good; variant of ㄏㄤ (hāng)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ram is 夯 (hāng), defined as: to ram; to tamp; a rammer; a tamper; excellent; exceptionally good; variant of ㄏㄤ (hāng).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “ram”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 公羊 | gōng yáng | ram (male sheep) |
| 撞击 (撞擊) | zhuàng jī | to strike; to hit; to ram |
| 筑 (築) | zhù | to build; to construct |
| 打夯 | dǎ hāng | to ram; to tamp |
| 夯实 (夯實) | hāng shí | to tamp; to ram (earth etc) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 夯.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 夯实 (夯實) | hāng shí | to tamp; to ram (earth etc) |
| 夯土 | hāng tǔ | rammed earth |
| 打夯 | dǎ hāng | to ram; to tamp |
| 夯具 | hāng jù | rammer; tamper |
| 夯土机 (夯土機) | hāng tǔ jī | rammer; tamper |
| 夯歌 | hāng gē | rammers' work chant |
See also: Japanese symbol for “ram”.
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.