枪 (qiāng): gun, firearm, rifle
枪 (qiāng) is a Chinese character meaning “gun.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (semantic) and 仓 (phonetic). It ranks #874 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 枪 wood. 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
- gun
- firearm
- rifle
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 开枪verb | kāi qiāng | to open fire |
| 枪击verb | qiāng jī | to shoot with a gun |
| 手枪noun | shǒu qiāng | pistol |
| 枪杀verb | qiāng shā | to shoot dead |
| 枪支noun | qiāng zhī | a gun |
| 枪声 | qiāng shēng | crack |
| 枪手noun | qiāng shǒu | gunman |
| 持枪verb | chí qiāng | to carry a gun |
| 步枪noun | bù qiāng | rifle |
| 金枪鱼noun | jīn qiāng yú | tuna |
| 猎枪noun | liè qiāng | hunting gun |
| 枪战verb | qiāng zhàn | gun battle |
| 枪械noun | qiāng xiè | firearm |
| 枪口noun | qiāng kǒu | muzzle of a gun |
| 机枪noun | jī qiāng | machine gun |
枪 appears in 100 compound words: 39 as the first character, 56 as the last, and 5 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 枪 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (11)
lit. impervious to sword or spear (idiom); fig. invulnerable; untouchable
lit. impervious to sword or spear (idiom); fig. invulnerable; untouchable
Showing 10 of 11 idioms containing 枪.
Example Sentences
警察配备了枪支，以维护社会治安。
Jǐngchá pèibèi le qiāngzhī, yǐ wéihù shèhuì zhì'ān.
Police are equipped with firearms to maintain social order.
墨西哥毒枭密会情妇曝行踪 躲灌木丛驳火中枪惨死
mò xī gē dú 枭 mì huì qíng fù pù háng zōng duǒ guàn mù cóng bó huǒ zhōng qiāng cǎn sǐ
Mexican drug lord's secret meeting mistress revealed her whereabouts and died tragically after being shot in the bushes
弗吉尼亚州里士满发生枪击事件 两人死亡
弗 jí ní yà zhōu lǐ shì mǎn fā shēng qiāng jī shì jiàn liǎng rén sǐ wáng
Two people were killed in a shooting in Richmond, Virginia
钢厂赴美设点开出第一枪 API石油钢管大厂天声将斥资13亿元前...
gāng hǎn fù měi shè diǎn kāi chū dì yī qiāng A P I shí yóu gāng guǎn dà hǎn tiān shēng jiāng chì zī 1 3 yì yuán qián . . .
The steel mill went to the United States to set up a point and fired the first shot API petroleum steel pipe manufacturer Tiansheng will spend 1.3 billion yuan ago...
维州里士满爆大规模枪击事件 2死7伤
wéi zhōu lǐ shì mǎn bào dà guī mó qiāng jī shì jiàn 2 sǐ 7 shāng
Richmond, Victoria, mass shooting killed 2 dead and 7 injured
突发:一男子手持霰弹枪冲向美国国会大厦
tū fā yī nán zǐ shǒu chí 霰 dàn qiāng chōng xiàng měi guó guó huì dà xià
BREAKING: A man with a shotgun stormed the U.S. Capitol.
汤姆拿枪射自己的头。
Tāngmǔ ná qiāng shè zìjǐ de tóu.
Tom shot himself in the head.
鲨鱼皮比金枪鱼皮粗糙多了。
Shāyú pí bǐ jīnqiāngyú pí cūcāo duō le.
The skin of a shark is much rougher than that of a tuna fish.
为什么美国政府让人们持有枪械？
Wèishénme Měiguó zhèngfǔ ràng rénmen chíyǒu qiāngxiè?
Why does the US government let people have guns?
你是在什么时候听到那一下枪声的？
Nǐ shì zài shénme shíhou tīngdào nà yīxià qiāngshēng de?
At what time did you hear the gunshot?
Character Family
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