杠
gāng
HSK 7-93 readings
“Flagpole” in Chinese is 杠 (gāng).
Other characters with the syllable gang: see all 8 →
Meaning
- flagpole
- footbridge
- thick pole; bar; rod
Show 8 more meanings
- bold line; thick stroke
- to mark with a thick line
- to sharpen (a knife, razor etc)
- (slang) to argue; to be deliberately argumentative
- standard; criterion
- hyphen; dash
- variant of 槓|杠[gang4]
- (old) coffin-bearing pole
Readings
- gāngflagpole / footbridge
- gàngvariant of 槓|杠 / (old) coffin-bearing pole / thick pole; bar; rod / bold line; thick stroke / to mark with a thick line / to sharpen (a knife, razor etc) / (slang) to argue; to be deliberately argumentative / standard; criterion / hyphen; dash
Stroke Order
7 strokes
Words containing 杠
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