gān, gǎn
pole
Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 旱 represents the sound.
Evolution
Bronze script
Warring States (475-221 BC)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 桿
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
stick | ||
bacillus (any rod-shaped bacteria) | ||
railing | ||
lever | ||
iron rod |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 10.8762% of movies
1792nd most common character in movies
2011th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 11 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+687F |
Sources
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