Memory phrase for the character: 缸

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jar, vat, classifier for loads of laundry

gāng

Left: can 缶 (lid

and can opener 十 of that can 凵), right: work(er) 工

A 'can' built by a worker is a jar.

缶	can, jar	This character 缶 is rarely used in Chinese. The meaning of this radical is borrowed from Japanese: 缶 (=かん) = box. It is understood as a pestle 午 in a mortar 凵. As the pestle 午 in the mortar is vertical, it has the meaning “noon” [wǔ], as the sun is then also vertical.
工	work, to build	Cross sectional view of a H-steel beam for building or making.

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气缸	qì gāng	cylinder (engine)
汽缸	qì gāng	cylinder (of steam engine or internal combustion engine)
浴缸	yù gāng	bathtub
浴缸	yù gāng

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