háng
cross stream
Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 亢 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 杭
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
Hangzhou | ||
Hangzhou subprovincial city and capital of Zhejiang province in southeast China | ||
Hangzhou subprovincial city and capital of Zhejiang province in southeast China | ||
Yuhang district of Hangzhou city 杭州市[Hángzhōushì], Zhejiang | ||
Hangzhou Bay |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[m]-[g]ˤaŋ | hang | háng | to go by boat |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
2346th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 8 |
Unicode | U+676D |
Shuowen | “抗,扞也。从手,亢聲。杭,抗或从木。” |
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