Word and Radical Components of 鼓棒

The Chinese word 鼓棒 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
鼓棒	gǔbàng	1. n. drumstick (stick used to play drums)
鼓棒		Synonyms: 鼓槌, 枹, 桴

鼓棒 ⇨ 鼓 + 棒

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
鼓	gǔ	1. (musical instrument) drum
		鼓手 - drummer
		2. to drum; to beat a drum
		3. (literary) to play; to perform; to sound (a musical instrument)
		4. to beat; to clap
		鼓掌 - to clap hands
		5. to incite; to encourage
		鼓勵 - to encourage
		6. to protrude; to bulge
		7. (attention, zh, also "drum set" (classifier 套?))
棒	bàng	1. stick; club; truncheon
		2. to hit with a stick
		3. (figurative) baton; responsibility; succession
		4. (Mandarin, colloquial) hefty; strong
		5. (Mandarin, colloquial) terrific; smart; handsome; excellent; skillful
		這篇文章寫得de 多棒啊，背下來。 - How excellently written is this article! Learn it by heart.

鼓 ⇨ 壴 + 支

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
壴	zhù	1. (obsolete) drum
		2. Variant of 鼓
		3. Variant of 臌
支	zhī	1. to support; to bear; to sustain
		2. to disburse; to pay; to defray
		3. to prop up; to put up
		4. to send away; to put off somebody
		5. branch; limb; offshoot; subdivision
		(Alternative form 枝)
		(Alternative form 枝)
		唱支歌嚟聽下haa5 吖！ - Sing a song for us!
		6. (now usually derogatory and offensive) Short for 支那 China
		印支 - Indochina
		日滿支親善 - friendship among Japan, Manchuria and China
		支語警察 - (Taiwan, Internet slang) people who like to correct or criticize the use of Mainland terms, lit=Chink language police
		7. (telegraphy) the fourth day of a month
		8. Variant of 丈

棒 ⇨ 木 + 奉

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
木	mù	1. tree; woody plant
		Synonyms: 樹
		樹木 - tree
		灌木 - shrub
		木芍藥 - tree peony
		2. wood; timber
		木頭tou - log
		3. wooden
		這張桌子是木的。 - This table is made of wood
		4. simple; plain; slow; emotionless; wooden
		木訥 - plain spoken, slow and inarticulate
		棺木 - coffin
		就木 - to die (to enter one's coffin)
		5. (Mandarin, neologism, slang) (eye dialect of zh, 沒)
		有木有 - innit, damn right
		6. numb
		麻木 - numb, insensitive
		她手指凍木了。 - Her fingers were numb with cold.
奉	fèng	1. to offer (tribute)
		2. to receive
		3. to serve
		4. to respect
		5. (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 奉
		6. (historical) Short for 奉天, Fengtian Province

壴 ⇨ 十 + 豆

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
十	shí	1. ten
		2. (figurative) topmost; utmost
		十分 - very
		十全十美 - perfect
豆	dòu	1. pod-bearing plant or its seeds; bean; pea
		綠豆 - mung bean
		蠶豆 - fava bean
		豌豆 - pea
		2. bean-shaped object
		咖啡豆 - coffee bean
		3. (historical) stemmed shallow bowl on a round base, often with a lid and sometimes with handles, initially earthenware and used as a food container, later also made of wood or bronze and used to hold m