Hanja Analyzer
杠

杠 — gang

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
깃대 강
Romanization
gang
English
lever, pole, crowbar; sharpen
Mandarin
gàng
Japanese on'yomi
コウ, ク
Japanese kun'yomi
ちぎり てこ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
7
Radical
木 (75, 3 residual)
Phonetic component
工
Unicode
U+6760

Parts that make up 杠

  • 木 나무 목, 나무에 서화를 새길 모 뿌리와 가지를 벌린 나무나무와 나무로 만든 것, 식물
  • 工 장인 공sound 땅을 다지는 연장 또는 곱자만들고 다듬는 일. 소리로도 자주 쓴다

How 杠 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 杠 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 木, 工.

Japanese words with 杠

  • 杠秤ちぎばかり large beam balance; weighbeam

Characters sharing the phonetic 工

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “강”

Other hanja with radical 木

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