杆

See also: 桿

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 木 + phonetic 干

Han character

杆 (radical 75 木+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 木一十 (DMJ), four-corner 4194₀)

1. pole
2. shaft of spear

References

• KangXi: page 511, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14449
• Dae Jaweon: page 894, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1156, character 12
• Unihan data for U+6746

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Cantonese

Hanzi

杆 (traditional 桿, Yale gon1)

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Japanese

Kanji

杆

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: かん (kan)
• Kun: てこ (teko), てすり (tesuri)

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Korean

Hanja

杆 (gan) (hangeul 간, revised gan, McCune-Reischauer kan, Yale kan)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

杆 (traditional 桿, Pinyin gān (gan1), Wade-Giles kan¹)

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Noun

杆 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin gān, classifier 条, 根)

1. pole, staff, rod

   旗杆 flag pole; 桅杆 mast

Noun

杆 (simplified, Pinyin gǎn, traditional 桿)

1. lever

   操纵杆 joystick

   手煞车杆已磨损。 shǒu shāchē gān yǐ mósǔn 。

   The hand-brake lever is worn out.

2. shaft

   枪杆 gun barrel

Classifier

杆 (simplified, Pinyin gǎn, traditional 桿)

1. measure word for long cylindrical object (guns)

Compounds

• 杠杆 (gànggǎn)

References

• "杆" (in Mandarin/English), MDBG English to Chinese dictionary ( Based on CC-CEDICT ). URL accessed on 2014-03-19.
• "Jukuu" (in Mandarin/English), Jukuu. URL accessed on 2014-03-19.