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榔

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tall tree (archaic)

12 strokes Dict coverage rank #3,336 U+6994

How 榔 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

木 (semantic, “tree”) + 郎 (phonetic, láng)

components: 木 郎

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 郎

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 郎 (láng) — compare how they read:

CharacterPinyinMeaning
郎 sound component láng gentleman, young man; husband
廊 láng corridor, porch, veranda
螂 láng mantis, dung beetle
啷 lāng a clanging or rattling sound

Words containing 榔

WordPinyinMeaning
东一榔头西一棒子 dōng yī láng tóu xī yī bàng zi banging away clumsily in all directions with no overall vision
榔头 láng tou hammer; large hammer; sledgehammer
槟榔西施 bīng lang Xī shī (Tw) betel nut beauty: a skimpily-dressed, attractive girl who sells betel nut from a glas…
马槟榔 mǎ bīng lang Capparis masaikai
榔榆 láng yú Chinese or lacebark elm (Ulmus parvifolia)
槟榔 bīng lang betel palm (Areca catechu); betel nut
槟榔屿 Bīng lang yǔ (old name) Penang Island, Malaysia
桄榔 guāng láng arenga or sugar palm (Arenga pinnata)
榔槺 láng kāng cumbersome; awkward and clumsy