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罡

gāng

Character

What 罡 means

1. stars of the Big Dipper that constitute the tail of the dipper

Words starting with 罡

• 罡风gāng fēngin Daoism, astral wind on which immortals may ride; strong wind

Words containing 罡

• 天罡Tiān gāng(old) the Big Dipper; (old) collective name for the three stars that form the handle of…
• 步斗踏罡bù dǒu tà gāngto worship the astral deities (idiom, refers to Daoist astrology)
• 步罡踏斗bù gāng tà dǒuto worship the astral deities (idiom, refers to Daoist astrology)
• 倒反天罡dào fǎn tiān gāngvariant of 倒反天纲

Characters that look like 罡

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

• 宽kuānwide; broad; loose
• 荒huāngdesolate; shortage; scarce
• 冤yuāninjustice; grievance; wrong
• 翌yìbright; tomorrow
• 昱yùbright light
• 笈jítrunks (for books)

Sounds the same

Read gāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 刚(literary) hard; firm; strong; exactly; precisely; barely; only just
• 钢steel
• 纲head rope of a fishing net; guiding principle; key link
• 扛to raise aloft with both hands; (of two or more people) to carry sth together
• 冈ridge; mound
• 缸jar; vat; classifier for loads of laundry
• 肛used in 脱肛
• 杠flagpole; footbridge
• 堈earthen jug, crock, cistern
• 舡boat; ship
• 釭hanging bowl for lamp or fish
• 堽mound