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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
gāng - flagpole
- footbridge
gàng - variant of 槓|杠[gang4]
gàng - coffin-bearing pole (old)
- thick pole; bar; rod
- thick line
- to mark with a thick line
- to sharpen (a knife, razor etc)
- to get into a dispute with
- standard; criterion
- hyphen; dash

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 17,670 12,062 7,187

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

A wooden 木 lever 工; 工 also provides the pronunciation

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
保险杠 - - 16,171 - -
- - 17,670 12,062 7,187
杠杆 6 - 20,533 13,543 22,640
杠铃 - 9 34,622 50,733 49,565
杠子 - - 36,477 65,679 57,274
撬杠 - - 40,309 - -
抬杠 - - 41,059 52,380 26,870
单杠 - - 41,955 44,220 57,759
敲竹杠 - - 50,845 89,192 78,881
高低杠 - - 52,198 47,980 106,103
双杠 - - 61,787 41,113 64,828