gùn

stick; rod; truncheon

scoundrel; villain

wood (木) + sound (昆) = wooden stick

木 grounds the meaning in wood — a stick or rod is essentially a wooden object. 昆 is phonetic, lending the gùn sound without contributing to the sense.

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Elder brotherPhonetic
WoodSemantic

他用一根木把门顶住了。

tā yòng yī gēn mù gùn bǎ mén dǐng zhù le。

He used a wooden stick to prop the door shut.

那个恶在街上欺负老人。

nà gè è gùn zài jiē shàng qī fu lǎo rén。

That scoundrel was bullying an old person on the street.

Words with 棍

长棍

cháng gùn

baguette

双截棍

shuāng jié gùn

variant of 雙節棍|双节棍[shuang1 jie2 gun4]

双节棍

shuāng jié gùn

nunchaku

双节棍道

shuāng jié gùn dào

nunchaku martial arts

电警棍

diàn jǐng gùn

stun baton

赌棍

dǔ gùn

hardened gambler; professional gambler

一棍子打死

yī gùn zi dǎ sǐ

to deal a single fatal blow

二节棍

èr jié gùn

nunchaku (weapon with two rods joined by a short chain, used in martial arts)

光棍

guāng gùn

gangster; hoodlum

光棍儿

guāng gùn r

bachelor; single man (erhua form of 光棍[guang1 gun4])

光棍节

guāng gùn jié

Singles' Day (November 11), originally a day of activities for single people, but now also the world's biggest annual retail sales day

两节棍

liǎng jié gùn

nunchaku

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