gāng

HSK 7-9
common
noun

Meaning of

缸 means jar; crock; vat; earthenware; pottery. Pronounced gāng. HSK 7-9.

  • jar; crock; vat
  • earthenware; pottery
  • cylinder-shaped vessel; cylinder-like

Character Info

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Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

ma
fàng
zài
táo
gāng
 

Mom stored the rice in a ceramic jar.

Zhè
ge
shuǐ
gāng
zhuāng
de
xià
èr
shí
tǒng
shuǐ
 

This water vat can hold twenty buckets of water.

mǎi
le
xiǎo
gāng
ér
yǎng
dài
 

She bought a small fish tank to keep tropical fish.

ye
yòng
kǒu
gāng
yān
xián
cài
 

Grandpa used a big crock to pickle pickled vegetables.

Diàn
bǎi
mǎn
le
zhǒng
li
gāng
zhǎn
shì
shāng
pǐn
 

The shop was filled with all kinds of glass jars for displaying goods.