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搡

sǎng

Character

What 搡 means

1. to push forcefully
2. to shove

Words containing 搡

• 推搡tuī sǎngto shove; to jostle
• 推推搡搡tuī tuī sǎng sǎngto push and shove

Characters built on 桑

These share the phonetic component 桑 (sāng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 嗓sǎngthroat; voice
• 磉sǎngstone plinth

Characters that look like 搡

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

• 稳wěnsettled; steady; stable
• 握wòto hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist); (bound form) to have in one's control
• 摘zhāito take; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to remove…
• 揍zòuto hit; to beat (sb); (colloquial) to smash (sth)
• 裱biǎoto hang (paper); to mount (painting)
• 辕yuánshaft of a cart or carriage; (bound form) entrance gate of a military camp or yamen…

Sounds the same

Read sǎng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 嗓throat; voice
• 磉stone plinth
• 颡(literary) forehead