1. 杠

杠

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  1. 杠 is the 3060th most frequent character.
  2. 杠 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 杠 appears as a character in 13 words.
  4. 杠 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
杠 => 木, 工
Radical :
杠 => 木 (tree), 工 (work)
Graphical :
杠 => 一, 丨, 八, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. gang1 - flagpole/footbridge
  2. gang4 - variant of 槓|杠[gang4]
  3. gang4 - thick pole/bar/rod/thick line/to mark with a thick line/to sharpen (knife)/(old) coffin-bearing pole

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 杠 (gang1): The component 工 is pronounced as 'gong1'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 杠 (gang4): The component 工 is pronounced as 'gong1'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 杠 (gang4): The component 工 is pronounced as 'gong1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

保险杠 (保險槓)
抬杠 (抬槓)
杠杆 (槓桿)

Medium Frequency

单杠 (單槓)
斜杠 (斜槓)
杠 
杠子 (槓子)
杠铃 (槓鈴)
杠头 (槓頭)
双杠 (雙槓)
高低杠 (高低槓)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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