乓 (pāng) is a Chinese character meaning “pang”. It is written from 丘 (hill; mound) and 丶 (dot stroke), one above the other, and takes 6 strokes.
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Structure
丘 + 丶
Top–bottom structure
Structure from: Unicode U+4E53 and hanzi-writer-data 2.0.1 modern glyph inspection (strokes 1-5 match 丘 exactly, stroke 6 is a single falling-right stroke below the baseline)
Memory aid
A hill (丘) with one dot (丶) kicking out from its bottom-right corner — the ball comes back off the other side: pang.
This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.
Stroke order
6 strokes
In real words
- 乒乓pīng pāngping-pong (the knocking sound); table tennis乓 = pāng
- 乒乓球pīng pāng qiútable tennis; ping-pong ball乓 = pāng
Go deeper
All readings
pang (banging sound)
pang; onomatopoeia for a banging or thudding sound; used in 乒乓 (table tennis)
象声词，形容撞击声；常用于「乒乓」。 — studyhanzi 编写
Words with this reading
- 乒乓pīng pāngping-pong (the knocking sound); table tennis乓 = pāng
- 乒乓球pīng pāng qiútable tennis; ping-pong ball乓 = pāng
Stroke data: hanzi-writer-data (Arphic Public License) · licenses & attributions
Questions people ask about this character
What does 乓 mean?
乓 (pāng) means pang; onomatopoeia for a banging or thudding sound; used in 乒乓 (table tennis).
How do you pronounce 乓?
It is pronounced pāng.
What parts is 乓 made of?
丘 (hill; mound) and 丶 (dot stroke), one above the other. The recorded source is: Unicode U+4E53 and hanzi-writer-data 2.0.1 modern glyph inspection (strokes 1-5 match 丘 exactly, stroke 6 is a single falling-right stroke below the baseline). Components are the building blocks of the shape; the radical used for dictionary lookup is a separate thing.
How many strokes does 乓 have?
6. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 乓?
丿. The radical is how the character is filed in a dictionary — it is not the whole story of how the character is built.
What words use 乓?
Common ones are 乒乓 and 乒乓球. The reading of 乓 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.