扛

gāng
HSK 6
#2,983 most
frequent character
to raise aloft with both hands
verb

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

扛 has 扌, a hand, as the meaning part and 工 gōng as the sound part. It first meant two hands lifting something heavy. That grew to carrying on the shoulder, standing, or bearing. Read gāng, it means to lift something heavy.

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Example Sentences

他扛着竹子走进了山里。
tā káng zháo zhúzǐ zǒujìn le shānlǐ 。
He carried the bamboo into the mountains.
他们一起扛起了重物。
tāmen yīqǐ kángqǐ le zhòngwù 。
They together lifted the heavy object.
我要扛起这个责任。
wǒyào kángqǐ zhègè zérèn 。
I want to shoulder this responsibility.

Same Characters, Different Readings

扛káng
to carry on the shoulder

Words with similar meanings

举jǔ
to lift
A more general term for raising something, not necessarily with both hands.
提tí
to carry
This term often implies carrying something in a more casual or lighter manner.

Homophones

刚gāng
just
缸gāng
vat, jar, crock
钢gāng
steel
纲gāng
head rope of a fishing net

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