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桄

guāng

Character

What 桄 means

1. used in {桄榔|guāng láng}

Other readings

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

• guàngwoven wood and bamboo utensil; classifier for threads and strings

Words starting with 桄

• 桄榔guāng lángarenga or sugar palm (Arenga pinnata)

Characters built on 光

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

• 晃huàngto sway; to shake; to wander about
• 胱guāngused in 膀胱
• 恍huǎng(bound form) in a hazy state of mind; (bound form) to snap out of that state; used in 恍如
• 咣guāng(onomatopoeia) bang; door banging shut

Characters that look like 桄

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

• 挽wǎnto pull; to draw (a cart or a bow); to roll up
• 娩miǎnto give birth to a child
• 挠náoto scratch; to thwart; to yield
• 梳shūto comb; (bound form) a comb
• 胱guāngused in 膀胱
• 桅wéimast

Sounds the same

Read guāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 光light; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely
• 咣(onomatopoeia) bang; door banging shut
• 胱used in 膀胱
• 銧point of a sword
• 珖(jade)
• 洸sparkling water
• 垙(literary) footpath separating fields; (used in place names)
• 灮old variant of 光
• 炗old variant of 光