Chinese symbol for “rod”
棍
gùn
stick; rod; truncheon; scoundrel; villain
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rod is 棍 (gùn), defined as: stick; rod; truncheon; scoundrel; villain.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “rod”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 棍子 | gùn zi | stick; rod |
| 竿 | gān | (bound form) pole; rod |
| 杖 | zhàng | a staff; a rod |
| 杠 (槓) | gàng | (old) coffin-bearing pole; thick pole; bar; rod |
| 棒材 | bàng cái | bar; rod |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 棍.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 棍子 | gùn zi | stick; rod |
| 光棍 | guāng gùn | gangster; hoodlum; bachelor; single man |
| 恶棍 (惡棍) | è gùn | scoundrel; rogue; bully; villain |
| 曲棍球 | qū gùn qiú | field hockey |
| 棍棒 | gùn bàng | club; staff; stick |
| 警棍 | jǐng gùn | police truncheon |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rod”.
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.