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Characters, words, pinyin or English

缸 gāng earthen jug

earthen jug; crock; cistern; jar; vat

How to remember 缸: 缶 clay jar + 工 work = earthen jug. Grandma fills her big clay jar with rain, and after garden work she washes her hands in the earthen jug.

  • HSK 9
  • 9 strokes
  • Radical 缶

Component breakdown

缸 = 缶 clay jar + 工 work

  • 缶 clay jar
  • 工 work
The Gushi story

Grandma fills her big clay jar with rain, and after garden work she washes her hands in the earthen jug.

How it is used

  • A large earthen jar/vat/crock - 水缸 (shuǐgāng) a water jar, 鱼缸 (yúgāng) a fish tank, 米缸 (mǐgāng) a rice jar, 浴缸 (yùgāng) a bathtub.
  • 司马光砸缸 (Sīmǎ Guāng zá gāng), the boy who smashed the vat to save a drowning child, is a famous story. Concrete container noun.