枪
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gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3],桿|杆[gan3],條|条[tiao2],枝[zhi1]; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots
- HSK 3.0
- Level 5
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 木 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 槍
- Common rank
- #550
- Unicode
- U+67AA
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Formation & memory
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Words with 枪
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 加特林机枪 | Gatling gun | |
| 枪打出头鸟 | the shot hits the bird that pokes its head out (idiom); nonconformity gets punished | |
| 一枪命中 | to hit with the first shot | |
| 重机关枪 | also written 重機槍|重机枪; heavy machine gun | |
| 打手枪 | to masturbate | |
| 神枪手 | sharpshooter | |
| 重机枪 | heavy machine gun | |
| 火枪手 | gunman; musketeer | |
| 高射机枪 | anti-aircraft machine gun; CL:架[jia4] | |
| 金枪鱼 | tuna | |
| 回马枪 | sudden thrust (that catches the opponent off guard) | |
| 机关枪 | machine gun; also written 機槍|机枪[ji1 qiang1] | |
| 枪子 | bullet | |
| 热风枪 | heat gun | |
| 水枪 | water pistol (toy); water gun; sprinkler; water cannon | |
| 中枪 | to be hit by a gun; shot | |
| 马枪 | carbine; lance | |
| 枪机 | bolt of gun | |
| 机枪 | machine gun | |
| 花枪 | short spear (arch.); fig. trickery |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 仓 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 仓 sound part | granary, barn; cabin, berth | |
| 创 | to establish, to create; cut, wound, trauma | |
| 苍 | dark blue; deep green; old, hoary | |
| 抢 | urgent, rushed; to rob, to plunder | |
| 疮 | boil, tumor; wound, sore | |
| 沧 | azure, cold, vast (all as of the sea) | |
| 呛 | choking, as by smoke; something that irritates the nose or throat | |
| 跄 | to stagger, to stumble | |
| 戗 | to support | |
| 怆 | sad, disconsolate, broken-hearted | |
| 鸧 | oriole | |
| 炝 | to stir-fry; to cook in sauce |