Dong Chinese dictionary

gāng, gàng

lever

A wooden 木 lever 工; 工 also provides the pronunciation

Components

木 Meaning component

mù

tree

gōng

work

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

gāng

lever, pole, crowbar; sharpen; flagpole; footbridge

gàng

variant of 槓|杠[gàng]

gàng

thick pole; bar; rod; thick line; to mark with a thick line; to sharpen (knife); (old) coffin-bearing pole

Most common words with 杠

Sources