夯 (hāng): to ram, to tamp, a rammer, a tamper, stupid, foolish
夯 (hāng) is a Chinese character meaning “to ram.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 大 (structural) and 力 (structural). It ranks #3023 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 夯 a load that takes great 大 strength 力. Its radical form 大 (big) appears in many related characters such as 大 (dà, big), 天 (tiān, day), 太 (tài, highest).
Definitions
- to ram
- to tamp
- a rammer
- a tamper
- stupid
- foolish
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA load that takes great 大 strength 力
Decomposition: ⿱大力 (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 打夯verb | dǎ hāng | to ram |
| 齐打夯儿地 | qí dǎ hāng r de | in unison and with one voice (dialect) |
| 夯土机 | hāng tǔ jī | rammer |
| 心拙口夯 | xīn zhuō kǒu bèn | variant of 心拙口笨 |
| 夯实verb | hāng shí | to tamp |
| 夯具 | hāng jù | rammer |
| 夯土verb | hāng tǔ | rammed earth |
| 木夯 | mù hāng | wooden tamp |
| 夯汉noun | hāng hàn | carrier who carries heavy loads on his shoulder (dialect) |
| 夯歌noun | hāng gē | rammers' work chant |
| 蛤蟆夯 | há ma hāng | power-driven rammer or tamper |
| 夯砣 | hāng tuó | rammer |
| 砸夯 | zá hāng | to pound the earth to make a building foundation |
夯 appears in 13 compound words: 54 as the first character, 38 as the last, and 8 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 夯 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
夯字在日常生活中使用频率较低。
bèn zì zài rì cháng shēng huó zhōng shǐ yòng pín lǜ jiào dī .
The character "夯" is not used very often in everyday life.
美股交易夯 元月复委托交易金额冲上1.5兆元新高
měi gǔ jiāo yì bèn yuán yuè fù wěi tuō jiāo yì jīn é chōng shàng 1 . 5 zhào yuán xīn gāo
U.S. stock trading rammed The amount of re-entrusted transactions in January rushed to a new high of 1.5 trillion yuan
快闪限量送!台南超夯菜市鸭、夜市鸭变身“鸭力爆表小提灯”
kuài shǎn xiàn liàng sòng ! tái nán chāo bèn cài shì yā , yè shì yā biàn shēn yā lì bào biǎo xiǎo tí dēng
Pop-up limited edition! Tainan super rammed vegetable market duck and night market duck transformed into "duck power explosive lantern"
全台最夯熟客制寿司“鮨 天本”插旗伦敦 海外餐价...
quán tái zuì bèn shú kè zhì shòu sī 鮨 tiān běn chā qí lún dūn hǎi wài cān jià . . .
Taiwan's most popular customized sushi "Sushi Tianben" planted its flag in London Overseas meal prices...
科技年货夯 深圳华强北营收增35%
kē jì nián huò bèn shēn 圳 huá qiáng běi yíng shōu zēng 3 5
Shenzhen Huaqiangbei's revenue increased by 35%
Character Family
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