枪qiāng
gun. 8 strokes, radical 木, first met in HSK 5.
Pinyin qiāngStrokes 8Radical 木Band HSK 5Words 1
How to write 枪
Strokes 1–4 write 木, then strokes 5–8 write 仓.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 枪 · the stroke-order rules
What 枪 is made of
木 (mù, tree) and 仓 (cāng, granary).
木 carries the meaning — wood — and 仓 carries the sound.
Words that use 枪
| 枪 | gun 指发射弹药的金属器械 发令枪声响起后队伍出动。As the starting gun fired, the team moved out. Lesson 469, 弘毅救援 · 信约立身与力作弘毅 · Integrity of Promise & Resolute Effort |
Characters that share the sound part 仓
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 木
All 67 of them, and what the radical means, on the 木 radical page.