杠 = 木 + 工

杠 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “lever”. It is built from 木 (tree) and 工 (labor).

Keyword: lever
Pinyin (Mandarin): gàng
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: lever, pole, crowbar, лом, рычаг, шест, pole, crowbar

Decomposition

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木 tree
工 labor

How to find 杠 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “tree” + “labor”. 杠 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 杠 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.