gān
bamboo pole
Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 干 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 竿
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
pole | ||
quick results | ||
fishing rod | ||
bamboo pole | ||
fishing rod |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*kˤar | kan | gān | pole, rod |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 1.7940% of movies
3059th most common character in movies
2934th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Unicode | U+7AFF |
Shuowen | “竿，竹梃也。从竹，干聲。” |
Sources
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