棍

gùn

stick, cudgel; scoundrel

How to write 棍, stroke by stroke

stick; rod; truncheon; scoundrel; villain

Pictophonetic: semantic 木 (wood), phonetic 昆

Made of 木 + 昆

恶棍è gùnscoundrel; rogue; bully; villain
棍子gùn zistick; rod
曲棍球qū gùn qiúfield hockey
木棍mù gùnwooden stick
警棍jǐng gùnpolice truncheon
撬棍qiào gùncrowbar
光棍guāng gùngangster; hoodlum; bachelor; single man; (dialect) wise person; astute person
冰棍bīng gùnpopsicle; ice lolly
棍棒gùn bàngclub; staff; stick
二节棍èr jié gùnnunchaku (weapon with two rods joined by a short chain, used in martial arts)
光棍儿guāng gùn rbachelor; single man (erhua form of 光棍)
两节棍liǎng jié gùnnunchaku

他用一根棍子把老鼠打死了。
tā yòng yì gēn gùn zi bǎ lǎo shǔ dǎ sǐ le 。
The rat was killed by him with a stick.
曲棍球在中国不是很流行。
qǔ gùn qiú zài zhōng guó bú shì hěn liú xíng 。
Field hockey is not very popular in China.