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夯

hāng

Character

What 夯 means

1. to ram; to tamp
2. a rammer; a tamper
3. excellent; exceptionally good
4. variant of ㄏㄤhāng

Other readings

夯 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• bènvariant of {笨|bèn}

Words starting with 夯

• 夯实hāng shíto tamp; to ram (earth etc)
• 夯具hāng jùrammer; tamper
• 夯土hāng tǔrammed earth
• 夯歌hāng gērammers' work chant
• 夯汉hāng hàncarrier who carries heavy loads on his shoulder (dialect)
• 夯土机hāng tǔ jīrammer; tamper
• 夯砣hāng tuórammer; tamper

Words containing 夯

• 打夯dǎ hāngto ram; to tamp
• 木夯mù hāngwooden tamp
• 砸夯zá hāngto pound the earth to make a building foundation
• 齐打夯儿地qí dǎ hāng r dein unison and with one voice (dialect)
• 蛤蟆夯há ma hāngpower-driven rammer or tamper
• 心拙口夯xīn zhuō kǒu bènvariant of 心拙口笨

Characters that look like 夯

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 务wùaffair; business; matter
• 齐qíneat; even; level with
• 乔qiáotall
• 亦yìalso
• 孙sūngrandson; descendant
• 夸kuāused in transliteration

Sounds the same

Read hāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• ㄏㄤ(Taiwan; slang) popular; hot (from Taiwanese 烘, Tai-lo pr. [hang])