榔
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tall tree (archaic)
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 木 +9
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 榔
- Common rank
- #3,336
- Unicode
- U+6994
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 榔
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 东一榔头西一棒子 | banging away clumsily in all directions with no overall vision | |
| 榔头 | hammer; large hammer; sledgehammer | |
| 槟榔西施 | (Tw) betel nut beauty: a skimpily-dressed, attractive girl who sells betel nut from a glas… | |
| 马槟榔 | Capparis masaikai | |
| 榔榆 | Chinese or lacebark elm (Ulmus parvifolia) | |
| 槟榔 | betel palm (Areca catechu); betel nut | |
| 槟榔屿 | (old name) Penang Island, Malaysia | |
| 桄榔 | arenga or sugar palm (Arenga pinnata) | |
| 榔槺 | cumbersome; awkward and clumsy |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 郎 — compare how they read.