杭 (háng): Hangzhou (in place names), abbr. for Hangzhou 杭州
杭 (háng) is a Chinese character meaning “hangzhou (in place names).” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (semantic) and 亢 (phonetic). It ranks #2277 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 杭 tree. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 本 (běn, (bound form) root), 机 (jī, machine, opportunity), 条 (tiáo, strip).
Definitions
- Hangzhou (in place names)
- abbr. for Hangzhou 杭州
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 上杭proper-noun | shàng háng | see 上杭縣|上杭县 |
| 杭州proper-noun | háng zhōu | see 杭州市 |
| 上有天堂，下有苏杭 | shàng yǒu tiān táng , xià yǒu sū háng | lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭 below (idiom) |
| 京杭大运河proper-noun | jīng háng dà yùn hé | the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC |
| 京杭运河proper-noun | jīng háng yùn hé | the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC |
| 杭州市 | háng zhōu shì | Hangzhou, sub-provincial city and capital of Zhejiang Province 浙江省 |
| 余杭区 | yú háng qū | Yuhang, a district of Hangzhou City 杭州市, Zhejiang |
| 上杭县 | shàng háng xiàn | Shanghang, a county in Longyan City 龍巖市|龙岩市, Fujian |
| 杭州湾proper-noun | háng zhōu wān | Hangzhou Bay |
| 杭锦后旗 | háng jǐn hòu qí | Hanggin Rear banner or Xanggin Xoit khoshuu in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔, Inner Mongolia |
| 苏杭proper-noun | sū háng | Suzhou 蘇州|苏州 and Hangzhou 杭州 |
| 余杭proper-noun | yú háng | see 餘杭區|余杭区 |
| 杭锦旗 | háng jǐn qí | Hanggin banner, Mongolian Xanggin khoshuu, in Ordos prefecture 鄂爾多斯|鄂尔多斯, Inner Mongolia |
| 杭锦 | háng jǐn | Hanggin banner, Mongolian Xanggin khoshuu, in Ordos prefecture 鄂爾多斯|鄂尔多斯, Inner Mongolia |
杭 appears in 14 compound words: 43 as the first character, 29 as the last, and 29 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 杭 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
爷爷在门前种了一棵杭苗，现在已经长得很高了。
yé yé zài mén qián zhǒng le yī kē háng miáo , xiàn zài yǐ jīng cháng dé hěn gāo le .
Grandpa planted a young tree in front of the house, and now it has grown quite tall.
杭州:中国数字革命的心脏
háng zhōu : zhōng guó shǔ zì gé mìng de xīn zāng
Hangzhou: The heart of China's digital revolution
默茨转抵杭州参访宇树科技 王兴兴:深感荣幸
mò 茨 zhuǎn dǐ háng zhōu cān fǎng yǔ shù kē jì wáng xīng xīng : shēn gǎn róng xìng
Mertz arrived in Hangzhou to visit Yushu Technology Wang Xingxing: I am deeply honored
默茨将转到杭州访问 中德联合声明:两国同意深化合作
mò 茨 jiāng zhuǎn dào háng zhōu fǎng wèn zhōng dé lián gě shēng míng : liǎng guó tóng yì shēn huà gě zuò
Mertz will move to Hangzhou to visit Sino-German joint statement: The two countries agreed to deepen cooperation
【海天游踪】林铭亮/杭城别录
hǎi tiān yóu zōng lín míng liàng háng chéng bié lù
Lin Mingliang/Hangcheng Separate Record
他是跟他爸爸去杭州的吗？
Tā shì gēn tā bàba qù Hángzhōu de ma?
Did he go to Hangzhou with his dad?
杭州是一个美丽的城市。
Hángzhōu shì yī gè měilì de chéngshì.
Hangzhou is a beautiful city.
Character Family
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