Pinyin Syllable
Chinese characters pronounced hang
Learn common Chinese characters pronounced hang, including 航 háng, 杭 háng. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms, words, and example sentences.
How to Pronounce This Syllable
Build hang by sliding from h straight into ang; the tone rides over the joined sound, so treat it as one unit.
Initial h
Start the syllable on the initial h, then run straight into the final ang — keep them joined instead of sounding out separate English letters.
Final ang
Let the sound move toward the back of the mouth.
Study Tip
Start with the most common characters (航 háng, 杭 háng) and lock in their tones. 2 common characters share the sound hang, so lean on words to tell the rest apart.
Learn by Tone
hang turns up here with 1 different tone; a change of tone usually means a different character, so the groups below are split by tone.
2nd tone
Taking the 2nd tone here: 航, 杭 (2 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
Common Words With This Sound
Seeing hang inside whole words makes it clear which character is meant — here are common ones.
Characters
2 common characters in this group.