竿 — Chinese character
竿
gān
bamboo pole; penis
- Pinyin
- gān
- Radical
- 118 ⽵ (Bamboo)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 干
- Formation
- pictophonetic — bamboo; meaning component ⺮; sound component 干
- Japanese
- 竿 as a kanji
Common words with 竿
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 竹竿 | zhú gān | bamboo pole |
| 立竿见影 (立竿見影) | lì gān jiàn yǐng | (lit.) set up a pole and immediately see its shadow (idiom); (fig.) to get instant results |
| 鱼竿 (魚竿) | yú gān | fishing rod |
| 标竿 (標竿) | biāo gān | benchmark; pole serving as mark or symbol |
| 钓竿 (釣竿) | diào gān | fishing rod; measure word: 根 (gēn) |
| 竿子 | gān zi | bamboo pole; measure word: 根 (gēn), 个 (gè) |
| 百尺竿头 (百尺竿頭) | bǎi chǐ gān tóu | to be at the highest level of enlightenment (Buddhist expression) |
| 撑竿跳高 (撐竿跳高) | chēng gān tiào gāo | pole vault |
| 滑竿 | huá gān | a kind of sedan chair, usu. made of bamboo and mounted on a pair of long bamboo poles |
| 钓鱼竿 (釣魚竿) | diào yú gān | fishing rod |
| 撑竿跳 (撐竿跳) | chēng gān tiào | pole vault |
| 竿头 (竿頭) | gān tóu | bamboo pole's uppermost tip; (fig.) acme |
English words written with 竿
竿 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 5
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.