gàng

Traditional:

杠 (gàng) is a Chinese word meaning “coffin-bearing pole (old); thick pole; bar; rod; thick line”.

Meanings

  1. 1coffin-bearing pole (old)
  2. 2thick pole; bar; rod
  3. 3thick line
  4. 4to mark with a thick line
  5. 5to sharpen (a knife, razor etc)
  6. 6to get into a dispute with
  7. 7standard; criterion
  8. 8hyphen; dash

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