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杠
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lever

HSK 7
Communication →Language
gāng, gàng
コウ
ちぎり、てこ
강
A wooden 木 lever 工; 工 also provides the pronunciation
Components
木 tree+ 工 work =
杠 lever
木 Meaning component
mù tree
工 Meaning component
gōng work
labor, work
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Notes
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Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
杠
Regular
Modern
Chinese
杠 [gāng]
flagpole; footbridge
杠 [gàng]
variant of 槓|杠[gàng]
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
杠 いずりは
Izuriha surname
杠 ゆずり
Yuzuri female given name
杠 ゆずりは
Yuzuriha surname
杠 ゆづりは
Yuzuriha unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (27)
杠杆 [gàng​gǎn] #20,533
lever
保险杠 [bǎo​xiǎn​gàng] #16,171
car bumper
杠铃 [gàng​líng] #34,622
barbell
单杠 [dān​gàng] #41,955
bar
杠子 [gàng​zi] #36,477
thick bar
抬杠 [tái​gàng] #41,059
to bicker
双杠 [shuāng​gàng] #61,787
parallel bars (gymnastics event)
高低杠 [gāo​dī​gàng] #52,198
uneven bars (gymnastics)
撬杠 [qiào​gàng] #40,309
crowbar
敲竹杠 [qiāo​zhú​gàng] #50,845
extortion by taking advantage of sb's weakness
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JAPANESE WORDS (1)
杠秤 [ちぎばかり]
large beam balance