kango
/ˈkɑŋɡoʊ/noun
kango is spelled K-A-N-G-O: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, kango means “A Sino-Japanese word, a Japanese word of Chinese origin or a Japanese word coined along Chinese lines” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of kango is kangos.
How many letters and syllables are in kango?
| Letters | 5: K-A-N-G-O |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 56 million words; the 234,209th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is kango?
Kango appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce kango?
- /ˈkɑŋɡoʊ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of kango
- kangos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does kango mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A Sino-Japanese word, a Japanese word of Chinese origin or a Japanese word coined along Chinese lines.
- 2
Alternative form of kago, a suspended Japanese sedan chair.
He crawled out of the kango, but could not rise off his hands and knees quickly. His servants ran away, and one man cut off his head; six or seven others hacked at his body.
noun
- 1
A jackhammer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does kango come from?
From Japanese 漢(かん)語(ご) (kango), from Middle Chinese 漢語 (MC xanH ngjoX, “Han, Chinese + speech, language”), compare modern Mandarin 漢語／汉语 (Hànyǔ, “Chinese language”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).