Chinese symbol for “mast”
桅杆
wéi gān
mast
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mast is 桅杆 (wéi gān), defined as: mast.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “mast”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 桅杆.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 前桅 | qián wéi | foremast |
| 杠杆 (槓桿) | gàng gǎn | lever; pry bar |
| 栏杆 (欄杆) | lán gān | railing; banister |
| 杆菌 (桿菌) | gǎn jūn | bacillus (any rod-shaped bacteria) |
| 铁杆 (鐵桿) | tiě gān | iron (golf club) |
| 电线杆 (電線杆) | diàn xiàn gān | electric pole; telephone pole |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mast”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.