杠

gàng
#3,060 most
frequent character
variant of 槓|杠[gang4]

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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Same Characters, Different Readings

杠gāng
flagpole, footbridge
杠gàng
coffin-bearing pole (old), thick pole

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