缸 (gāng): jar, vat, classifier for loads of laundry
缸 (gāng) is a Chinese character meaning “jar.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 缶 (semantic) and 工 (phonetic). It ranks #2642 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 缸 pottery. Its radical form 缶 (jar) appears in many related characters such as 缺 (quē, deficiency), 罐 (guàn, can).
Definitions
- jar
- vat
- classifier for loads of laundry
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 浴缸 | yù gāng | bathtub |
| 烟灰缸 | yān huī gāng | ashtray |
| 鱼缸 | yú gāng | fish tank |
| 汽缸 | qì gāng | cylinder (of steam engine or internal combustion engine) |
| 气缸 | qì gāng | cylinder (engine) |
| 水缸 | shuǐ gāng | water jar |
| 烟缸 | yān gāng | ashtray |
| 茶缸 | chá gāng | mug |
| 大染缸 | dà rǎn gāng | big dyeing vat |
| 茶缸子 | chá gāng zi | mug |
| 小缸缸儿 | xiǎo gāng gang r | small mug (baby language) |
| 养鱼缸 | yǎng yú gāng | aquarium |
| 按摩浴缸 | àn mó yù gāng | jacuzzi |
| 酒缸 | jiǔ gāng | wine jar |
| 顶缸 | dǐng gāng | to take the blame |
缸 appears in 15 compound words: 0 as the first character, 87 as the last, and 13 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 缸 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
缸字的写法很特别，让我印象深刻。
gāng zì de xiě fǎ hěn tè bié , ràng wǒ yìn xiàng shēn kè .
The way the character for "vat" is written is quite unique and left a deep impression on me.
张雪机车 ZXJC 820RR 中国的三缸跑车!WSBK SSP 大杀四方,与 Y...
zhāng xuě jī chē Z X J C 8 2 0 R R zhōng guó de sān gāng pǎo chē ! W S B K S S P dà shā sì fāng , yǔ Y . . .
...神,投资人开抢,张雪机车爆单 撕开日系三缸发动机技术封锁
. . . shén , tóu zī rén kāi qiǎng , zhāng xuě jī chē bào dān sī kāi rì xì sān gāng fā dòng jī jì shù fēng suǒ
民众拍打展缸观察鱼只反应竟跳缸 台中海洋馆回应了
mín zhòng pāi dǎ zhǎn gāng guàn chá yú zhī fǎn yīng jìng tiào gāng tái zhōng hǎi yáng guǎn huí yīng le
...中国2026年3月27日发布七款新车,四缸平台首次国产下放至5万元内
. . . zhōng guó 2 0 2 6 nián 3 yuè 2 7 rì fā bù qī kuǎn xīn chē , sì gāng píng tái shǒu cì guó chǎn xià fàng zhì 5 wàn yuán nèi
一般人难理解?日男住商旅“椅子塞浴缸” 网惊觉背后目的开喷
yī bān rén nán lǐ jiě ? rì nán zhù shāng lǚ yǐ zǐ sāi yù gāng wǎng jīng jué bèi hòu mù de kāi pēn
Difficult for ordinary people to understand? Japanese men live in business hotels "chairs stuffed into bathtubs" The net was shocked to find out that the purpose behind it was spraying
有人把她淹死在浴缸里。
Yǒurén bǎ tā yānsǐ zài yùgāng lǐ.
Somebody had drowned her in the bathtub.
亲吻一个抽烟的人就像在舔烟灰缸。
Qīnwěn yī gè chōuyān de rén jiù xiàng zài tiǎn yānhuīgāng.
Kissing a smoker is like licking an ashtray.
人是不是就像鱼缸中的金鱼一样？
Rén shìbùshì jiù xiàng yúgāng zhōng de jīnyú yīyàng?
Are humans like goldfish in a fishbowl?
注满浴缸大约需要多久时间？
Zhù mǎn yùgāng dàyuē xūyào duōjiǔ shíjiān?
About how long does it take to fill the bathtub?
Character Family
缶 Radical Family — Characters sharing the jar radical
Frequently Asked Questions
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