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桁

háng

Character

What 桁 means

1. cangue (stocks to punish criminals)

Other readings

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

• héngpole plate; purlin (cross-beam in roof); ridge-pole

Words starting with 桁

• 桁架héng jiàtruss (weight-bearing construction of cross-beams)
• 桁梁héng liángbrace girder
• 桁杨háng yánglit. stocks and knives; fig. any punishment equipment; torture instrument
• 桁杨刀锯háng yáng dāo jùlit. stocks and knives; fig. any punishment equipment; torture instrument

Characters that look like 桁

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

• 粉fěnpowder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch…
• 酌zhuóto pour wine; to drink wine; to deliberate
• 栅zhàfence; also pr. shān
• 铆mǎoto fasten with a rivet; to rivet; to hammer in a rivet…
• 郴chēnused in 郴州
• 拾shèto ascend in light steps

Sounds the same

Read háng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 航boat; ship; craft
• 行(bound form) row; line; (bound form) line of business; trade; profession…
• 吭throat
• 绗to quilt
• 颃fly down
• 杭surname Hang; abbr. for Hangzhou 杭州
• 筕see 筕篖