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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- gun4
- English meanings
- stick, rod, truncheon
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 木; right 昆.
Meaning & sound clues
木 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “wood”.
昆 is identified as the sound component (kūn). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 棍.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
to boil
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Related words
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- 冰棍儿
- 棍子