缸 gāng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 缶 — earthen crock or jar
- Made of
- 缶 earthen crock or jar 工 labor, work
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
缸
gāng
vat; jar; cylinder
Character
Example phrases
- 院子角落那口旧水缸原本用来接雨水，如今却成了孩子们观察蝌蚪的小天地。 Yuànzi jiǎoluò nà kǒu jiù shuǐgāng yuánběn yòng lái jiē yǔshuǐ, rújīn què chéng le háizimen guānchá kēdǒu de xiǎo tiāndì. The old water vat in the corner of the courtyard was originally used to collect rainwater, but it has now become a little world where the children observe tadpoles.
- 厨房里有一口大水缸，装满了清水。 Chúfáng lǐ yǒu yì kǒu dà shuǐgāng, zhuāng mǎn le qīngshuǐ. There is a big water vat in the kitchen, filled with clean water.
- 奶奶用一个旧缸腌了一冬天的白菜。 Nǎinai yòng yí ge jiù gāng yān le yì dōngtiān de báicài. Grandma pickled cabbage for the whole winter in an old vat.
Related words
- 海绵 hǎimián sponge
- 钩 gōu hook; to hook
- 风筝 fēngzheng kite
- 斧子 fǔzi axe; hatchet
- 拐杖 guǎizhàng walking stick; cane
- 锄 chú hoe; to hoe; to remove with a hoe
- 废物 fèiwù waste; useless thing or person
- 铲 chǎn shovel; to shovel; to remove
- 报废 bàofèi to scrap; to be discarded as unusable
- 锤 chuí hammer; to hammer
- 锋利 fēnglì sharp; incisive
- 钉子 dīngzi nail