枪
gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3],桿|杆[gan3],條|条[tiao2],枝[zhi1]; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots
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How 枪 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
木 (semantic, “wood”) + 仓 (phonetic, cāng)
How to remember it
gun · Heisig RSH #1120
木 tree + 仓 storehouse
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 仓
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 仓 (cāng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 仓 sound component | cāng | granary, barn; cabin, berth |
| 创 | chuàng | to establish, to create; cut, wound, trauma |
| 苍 | cāng | dark blue; deep green; old, hoary |
| 抢 | qiǎng | urgent, rushed; to rob, to plunder |
| 疮 | chuāng | boil, tumor; wound, sore |
| 沧 | cāng | azure, cold, vast (all as of the sea) |
| 呛 | qiàng | choking, as by smoke; something that irritates the nose or throat |
| 跄 | qiàng | to stagger, to stumble |
| 戗 | qiāng | to support |
| 怆 | chuàng | sad, disconsolate, broken-hearted |
| 鸧 | cāng | oriole |
| 炝 | qiàng | to stir-fry; to cook in sauce |
Words containing 枪
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 加特林机枪 | Jiā tè lín jī qiāng | Gatling gun |
| 枪打出头鸟 | qiāng dǎ chū tóu niǎo | the shot hits the bird that pokes its head out (idiom); nonconformity gets punished |
| 一枪命中 | yī qiāng mìng zhòng | to hit with the first shot |
| 重机关枪 | zhòng jī guān qiāng | also written 重機槍|重机枪; heavy machine gun |
| 打手枪 | dǎ shǒu qiāng | to masturbate |
| 神枪手 | shén qiāng shǒu | sharpshooter |
| 重机枪 | zhòng jī qiāng | heavy machine gun |
| 火枪手 | huǒ qiāng shǒu | gunman; musketeer |
| 高射机枪 | gāo shè jī qiāng | anti-aircraft machine gun; CL:架[jia4] |
| 金枪鱼 | jīn qiāng yú | tuna |
| 回马枪 | huí mǎ qiāng | sudden thrust (that catches the opponent off guard) |
| 机关枪 | jī guān qiāng | machine gun; also written 機槍|机枪[ji1 qiang1] |
| 枪子 | qiāng zǐ | bullet |
| 热风枪 | rè fēng qiāng | heat gun |
| 水枪 | shuǐ qiāng | water pistol (toy); water gun; sprinkler; water cannon |
| 中枪 | zhòng qiāng | to be hit by a gun; shot |
| 马枪 | mǎ qiāng | carbine; lance |
| 枪机 | qiāng jī | bolt of gun |
| 机枪 | jī qiāng | machine gun |
| 花枪 | huā qiāng | short spear (arch.); fig. trickery |