杭

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surname Hang; abbr. for Hangzhou 杭州[Hang2 zhou1]

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

木 meaning “tree” + 亢 sound ( kàng )

Components 木亢

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
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[Su1 Hang2] below (idiom); fig. the beauty a…
京杭大运河	Jīng Háng Dà Yùn hé	the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC
上杭县	Shàng háng Xiàn	Shanghang, a county in Longyan City 龍巖市\|龙岩市[Long2 yan2 Shi4], Fujian
京杭运河	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[Zhe4 jiang1 Sheng3]
余杭区	Yú háng Qū	Yuhang, a district of Hangzhou City 杭州市[Hang2 zhou1 Shi4], Zhejiang
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[Ba1 yan4 nao4 er3], Inn…
杭州湾	Háng zhōu wān	Hangzhou Bay
上杭	Shàng háng	see 上杭縣\|上杭县[Shang4 hang2 Xian4]
杭州	Háng zhōu	see 杭州市[Hang2 zhou1 Shi4]
杭锦旗	Háng jǐn qí	Hanggin banner, Mongolian Xanggin khoshuu, in Ordos prefecture 鄂爾多斯\|鄂尔多斯[E4 er3 duo1 si1],…
苏杭	Sū Háng	Suzhou 蘇州\|苏州[Su1 zhou1] and Hangzhou 杭州[Hang2 zhou1]
余杭	Yú háng	see 餘杭區\|余杭区[Yu2 hang2 Qu1]
杭锦	Háng jǐn	Hanggin banner, Mongolian Xanggin khoshuu, in Ordos prefecture 鄂爾多斯\|鄂尔多斯[E4 er3 duo1 si1],…

Characters sharing the sound component 亢 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
亢 sound part	kàng	high, proud; violent, excessive; skilled; surname
航	háng	vessel, craft; to sail, to navigate
坑	kēng	pit, hole; to trap, to bury; to harry
吭	kēng	throat
炕	kàng	the brick-bed in northern China
伉	kàng	husband, wife; pair; compare, match
沆	hàng	ferry; fog; to go with the flow
闶	kāng	door
肮	āng	dirty, filthy
钪	kàng	scandium
颃	háng	to dive, to fly downward