杠
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(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
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,947 U+6760
How 杠 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A wooden 木 lever 工; 工 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
thick stick · Heisig RSH #1565
木 tree + I-beam
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 杠
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 盘杠子 | pán gàng zi | to carry out gymnastic tricks on horizontal bar |
| 非杠杆化 | fēi gàng gǎn huà | deleveraging (i.e. paying off part of a leverage loan) |
| 资金杠杆 | zī jīn gàng gǎn | (finance) leverage; gearing |
| 高低杠 | gāo dī gàng | uneven bars (gymnastics) |
| 斜杠青年 | xié gàng qīng nián | young person who pursues multiple careers simultaneously; a young slashie |
| 杠子 | gàng zi | thick bar; solid carrying pole |
| 杠头 | gàng tóu | (old) chief coffin bearer; (fig.) argumentative person; a kind of bread made with a dough … |
| 保险杠 | bǎo xiǎn gàng | car bumper |
| 金融杠杆 | jīn róng gàng gǎn | financial leverage; leveraging (i.e. buying shares on borrowed funds) |
| 杠上 | gàng shàng | to get into a dispute with |
| 单杠 | dān gàng | bar; bold line; horizontal bar (gymnastics event) |
| 杠夫 | gàng fū | pole carrier; coffin-bearer |
| 杠精 | gàng jīng | (slang) (neologism c. 2018) argumentative person |
| 杠杆收购 | gàng gǎn shōu gòu | leveraged buyout (LBO) |
| 双杠 | shuāng gàng | parallel bars (gymnastics event) |
| 反斜杠 | fǎn xié gàng | backslash (computing) |
| 杠刀 | gàng dāo | to sharpen a knife (or razor etc) |
| 横杠 | héng gàng | bar; horizontal bar |
| 杠杆 | gàng gǎn | lever; pry bar; crowbar; financial leverage |
| 杠掉 | gàng diào | to cross out |