杠
gāng
#3,060 most
frequent character
flagpole, footbridge
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
杠 has 木 wood as its picture part and 工 as the sound part. It first meant the beam across a bed's front. The sense grew to a thick pole or bar. Read gāng, it can mean flagpole or footbridge.
Drawn as: wood
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