Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) Kangxi strokes: 12 Page 436, Entry 17 Pronounced gang. Meaning to lift up. History of Tang (Tangshu), Record of Ceremonial Guards (Yiweizhi) mentions the beating of drums and the clashing of metal gongs. Also, pronounced gang (falling tone). Dictionary of Characters (Zilin) defines it as carrying something, referring to the act of lifting an object. Sometimes written as a variant form (gang). Also written as (kang).