竿
(bound form) pole; rod
9 strokes
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How 竿 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺮ (semantic, “bamboo”) + 干 (phonetic, gān)
How to remember it
pole · Heisig RSH #2645
竹 bamboo + clothesline
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 干
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 干 (gān) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 干 sound component | gān | arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade |
| 杆 | gān | cane, pole, stick |
| 汗 | hàn | perspiration, sweat |
| 奸 | jiān | crafty, dishonest, selfish; evil, villainous; adultery |
| 刊 | kān | publication, periodical; to publish, to print |
| 肝 | gān | liver |
| 赶 | gǎn | to pursue, to overtake; to hurry; to expel |
| 轩 | xuān | pavilion; carriage; balcony |
| 鼾 | hān | to snore loudly |
| 矸 | gān | cliff; rock |
| 邗 | hán | an ancient place in the state of Wu |
| 旰 | gàn | sunset, dusk; evening |
| 犴 | àn | wild dog; jail, lock-up |
| 豻 | àn | prison, jail; a wild dog |
| 酐 | gān | anhydride |
Words containing 竿
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 八竿子打不着 | bā gān zi dǎ bù zháo | (coll.) unrelated; lacking any connection |
| 百尺竿头，更进一步 | bǎi chǐ gān tóu , gèng jìn yī bù | lit. after climbing a hundred feet up a pole, one should go even further (idiom); fig. eve… |
| 立竿见影 | lì gān jiàn yǐng | (lit.) set up a pole and immediately see its shadow (idiom); (fig.) to get instant results |
| 百尺竿头 | bǎi chǐ gān tóu | to be at the highest level of enlightenment (Buddhist expression) |
| 竿子 | gān zi | bamboo pole; CL:根[gen1],個|个[ge4] |
| 竿头 | gān tóu | bamboo pole's uppermost tip; (fig.) acme |
| 马竿 | mǎ gān | lasso pole; blind man's stick; white stick |
| 南竿 | Nán gān | Nankan Island, one of the Matsu Islands; Nankan or Nangan township in Lienchiang county 連江… |
| 鱼竿 | yú gān | fishing rod |
| 北竿 | Běi gān | Peikan Island, one of the Matsu Islands; Peikan township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县[Lian… |
| 球竿 | qiú gān | cue (billiards); club (golf); stick (hockey) |
| 撑竿跳高 | chēng gān tiào gāo | pole vault |
| 标竿 | biāo gān | benchmark; pole serving as mark or symbol; pole with a trophy hung on it |
| 钓鱼竿 | diào yú gān | fishing rod |
| 滑竿 | huá gān | a kind of sedan chair, usu. made of bamboo and mounted on a pair of long bamboo poles |
| 竹竿 | zhú gān | bamboo pole |
| 撑竿跳 | chēng gān tiào | pole vault |
| 爬竿 | pá gān | pole-climbing (as gymnastics or circus act); climbing pole |
| 钓竿 | diào gān | fishing rod; CL:根[gen1] |