棍
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stick; rod; truncheon; scoundrel; villain
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 木 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 棍
- Common rank
- #1,702
- Unicode
- U+68CD
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 棍
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一棍子打死 | to deal a single fatal blow; (fig.) to totally repudiate sb because of a minor error | |
| 法国长棍 | baguette | |
| 双节棍道 | nunchaku martial arts | |
| 打棍子 | to bludgeon; to hit with a big stick | |
| 光棍儿 | bachelor; single man (erhua form of 光棍[guang1 gun4]) | |
| 打光棍 | to live as a bachelor | |
| 光棍节 | Singles' Day (November 11), originally a day of activities for single people, but now also… | |
| 二节棍 | nunchaku (weapon with two rods joined by a short chain, used in martial arts) | |
| 棍网球 | lacrosse | |
| 冰棍儿 | ice lolly; popsicle | |
| 双节棍 | nunchaku | |
| 曲棍球 | field hockey | |
| 两节棍 | nunchaku | |
| 电警棍 | stun baton | |
| 棍子 | stick; rod | |
| 长棍 | baguette | |
| 法棍 | baguette (bread) | |
| 烧火棍 | stick or rod used to tend a fire | |
| 神棍 | charlatan claiming supernatural powers; (fig.) charlatan; phony guru | |
| 光棍 | gangster; hoodlum; bachelor; single man; (dialect) wise person; astute person |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 昆 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 昆 sound part | elder brother; descendants | |
| 混 | muddy, confused; to mix, to blend; to mingle | |
| 醌 | quinone | |
| 馄 | dumpling soup; wonton | |
| 鲲 | spawn; roe; fry | |
| 鹍 | a bird resembling a crane | |
| 锟 | a legendary sword | |
| 绲 | belt, cord, sash; hemming; to sew | |
| 辊 | to revolve, to turn; a stone roller | |
| 琨 | beautiful jade, precious stones |