竿 — kanji meaning “pole”
竿
pole, rod, scale beam, violin neck
- Meanings
- pole, rod, scale beam, violin neck
- On'yomi
- カン (kan)
- Kun'yomi
- さお
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- 9
- Newspaper frequency
- #2416 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 118
- Chinese reading
- gān — Chinese character page
Words with 竿
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 釣竿 | つりざお tsurizao | fishing rod |
| 旗竿 | はたざお hatazao | flagstaff; flagpole |
| 竹竿 | たけざお takezao | bamboo pole |
| 竿頭 | かんとう kantou | top of a pole |
| 三竿 | さんかん sankan | broad daylight |
| 黐竿 | もちざお mochizao | lime stick for catching insects |
| 物干し竿 | ものほしざお monohoshizao | pole on which to hang laundry for drying; clothesline |
| 継ぎ竿 | つぎざお tsugizao | a jointed fishing rod |
| 殻竿 | からざお karazao | flail (for threshing grain) |
| 竿秤 | さおばかり saobakari | beam balance; steelyard |
| 百尺竿頭 | ひゃくせきかんとう hyakusekikantou | the highest state of one's enlightenment; the highest level one can attain |
| 一竿 | いっかん ikkan | one pole (esp. used for fishing poles); one rod |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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