夯(hāng)

5 strokes
Readingshāngbèn

variant of 笨[ben4]

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Character information

Pinyin
hāng / bèn
Meaning
variant of 笨[ben4]
Strokes
5
HSK level
—
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 夯 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱大力

A load that takes great 大 strength 力

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

大dà力lì

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 夯 step by step

5 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 夯

Common words using 夯 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

hāng夯jù具

rammer; tamper

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hāng夯tǔ土

rammed earth

Open 夯土 page →
hāng夯shí实

to tamp; to ram (earth etc)

Open 夯实 page →
xīn心zhuō拙kǒu口hāng夯

variant of 心拙口笨[xin1 zhuo1 kou3 ben4]

Open 心拙口夯 page →

Related characters

From 夯’s common words

具土实心拙口

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