棍

stick; rod; truncheon; scoundrel; villain

12 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,702 U+68CD

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

木 (semantic, “wood”) + 昆 (phonetic, kūn)

components: 木昆

club · Heisig RSH #1709

木 tree + 昆 descendants

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 昆

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 昆 (kūn) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
昆 sound component	kūn	elder brother; descendants
混	hùn	muddy, confused; to mix, to blend; to mingle
醌	kūn	quinone
馄	hún	dumpling soup; wonton
鲲	kūn	spawn; roe; fry
鹍	kūn	a bird resembling a crane
锟	kūn	a legendary sword
绲	gǔn	belt, cord, sash; hemming; to sew
辊	gǔn	to revolve, to turn; a stone roller
琨	kūn	beautiful jade, precious stones

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
一棍子打死	yī gùn zi dǎ sǐ	to deal a single fatal blow; (fig.) to totally repudiate sb because of a minor error
法国长棍	Fǎ guó cháng gùn	baguette
双节棍道	shuāng jié gùn dào	nunchaku martial arts
打棍子	dǎ gùn zi	to bludgeon; to hit with a big stick
光棍儿	guāng gùn r	bachelor; single man (erhua form of 光棍[guang1 gun4])
打光棍	dǎ guāng gùn	to live as a bachelor
光棍节	Guāng gùn jié	Singles' Day (November 11), originally a day of activities for single people, but now also…
二节棍	èr jié gùn	nunchaku (weapon with two rods joined by a short chain, used in martial arts)
棍网球	gùn wǎng qiú	lacrosse
冰棍儿	bīng gùn r	ice lolly; popsicle
双节棍	shuāng jié gùn	nunchaku
曲棍球	qū gùn qiú	field hockey
两节棍	liǎng jié gùn	nunchaku
电警棍	diàn jǐng gùn	stun baton
棍子	gùn zi	stick; rod
长棍	cháng gùn	baguette
法棍	Fǎ gùn	baguette (bread)
烧火棍	shāo huǒ gùn	stick or rod used to tend a fire
神棍	shén gùn	charlatan claiming supernatural powers; (fig.) charlatan; phony guru
光棍	guāng gùn	gangster; hoodlum; bachelor; single man; (dialect) wise person; astute person