hāng

common
technical
dialect

Meaning of

夯 means rammer; tamping tool; to tamp; to compact with a rammer. Pronounced hāng.

  • rammer; tamping tool
  • to tamp; to compact with a rammer
  • to strike hard; to hit forcefully

Character Info

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Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Gōng
rén
shī
fu
yòng
hāng
lái
hāng
shí
xīn
xiū
de
 

The workers use a wooden rammer to tamp the newly built roadbed.

Gōng
shàng
bǎi
fàng
zhe
tiě
hāng
shí
hāng
liǎng
zhǒng
shí
gōng
 

Two types of tamping tools, iron rammers and stone rammers, are placed on the construction site.

hāng
shì
chuán
tǒng
jiā
de
zhòng
yào
gōng
zhī
 

Tamping is one of the important processes for traditional foundation reinforcement.