夯
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to ram; to tamp; a rammer; a tamper; excellent; exceptionally good; variant of ㄏㄤ[hang1]
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 大 +2
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 夯
- Common rank
- #2,815
- Unicode
- U+592F
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Words with 夯
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 齐打夯儿地 | in unison and with one voice (dialect) | |
| 夯土机 | rammer; tamper | |
| 心拙口夯 | variant of 心拙口笨[xin1 zhuo1 kou3 ben4] | |
| 打夯 | to ram; to tamp | |
| 木夯 | wooden tamp | |
| 夯土 | rammed earth | |
| 夯实 | to tamp; to ram (earth etc) | |
| 夯汉 | carrier who carries heavy loads on his shoulder (dialect) | |
| 夯歌 | rammers' work chant | |
| 夯具 | rammer; tamper | |
| 砸夯 | to pound the earth to make a building foundation | |
| 蛤蟆夯 | power-driven rammer or tamper | |
| 夯砣 | rammer; tamper |