沆
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Meaning: a ferry
💡 Water (氵) plus high (亢): a high-water ferry crossing.
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Character Story & Explanation
沆 (hàng) originally meant a ferry, a waterway crossing. Composed of water radical 氵 and 亢 (kàng, meaning high or neck), it suggests the high water of a ferry route. In classical texts, 沆 also described vast water or unstrained wine. Rare in modern usage, it appears in the idiom 沆瀣一气 (hàng xiè yī qì), meaning 'to share the same foul disposition'.
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