桿

See also: 杆

桿 U+687F, 桿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-687F ← 桾 [U+687E] CJK Unified Ideographs 梀 → [U+6880]

Translingual

Han character

桿 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木日一十 (DAMJ), four-corner 4694₁, composition ⿰木旱)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 527, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14823
• Dae Jaweon: page 916, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1213, character 2
• Unihan data for U+687F

Chinese

trad.		桿
simp.		杆*

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (干) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
訐	*krads, *krads, *ked, *kad
肝	*kaːn
竿	*kaːn
干	*kaːn
奸	*kaːn
玕	*kaːn
汗	*kaːn, *ɡaːn, *ɡaːns
迀	*kaːn
忓	*kaːn, *ɡaːns
鳱	*kaːn
邗	*kaːn, *ɡaːn
秆	*kaːnʔ
矸	*kaːnʔ, *kaːns, *ɡaːns
仠	*kaːnʔ
皯	*kaːnʔ
衦	*kaːnʔ
簳	*kaːnʔ
擀	*kaːnʔ
旰	*kaːns
盰	*kaːns
幹	*kaːns
杆	*kaːns
骭	*kaːns, *ɡraːns
桿	*kaːnʔ
趕	*kaːnʔ
稈	*kaːnʔ
刊	*kʰaːn
靬	*kʰaːn, *kʰaːns, *kreːn, *kan
衎	*kʰaːnʔ, *kʰaːns
犴	*ŋaːn, *ŋaːns
豻	*ŋaːn, *ŋaːns, *ɦŋaːns, *ŋ̊ʰraːn
頇	*ŋaːns, *hŋaːn, *ŋaːd
岸	*ŋɡaːns
鼾	*qʰaːn, *ɢaːns
罕	*qʰaːnʔ, *qʰaːns
焊	*qʰaːnʔ, *ɡaːns
蔊	*qʰaːnʔ
虷	*ɡaːn
旱	*ɡaːnʔ
皔	*ɡaːnʔ
釬	*ɡaːns
扞	*ɡaːns
閈	*ɡaːns
馯	*ɡaːns, *kʰraːn
捍	*ɡaːns, *ɡraːnʔ
悍	*ɡaːns
銲	*ɡaːns
垾	*ɡaːns
駻	*ɡaːns
睅	*ɡʷranʔ
娨	*ɡraːns
飦	*kan
赶	*ɡan, *ɡʷad
軒	*qʰan
蓒	*qʰan
酐	*qʰaːŋʔ
澣	*ɡʷaːnʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kaːnʔ) : semantic 木 + phonetic 旱 (OC *ɡaːnʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǎn (gan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gon¹, gon², gon³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kan / koáiⁿ
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵koe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎn
    • Wade–Giles: kan³
    • Yale: gǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaan
    • Palladius: гань (ganʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎnr
    • Wade–Giles: kan³-ʼrh
    • Yale: gǎnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaal
    • Palladius: ганьр (ganʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑɻ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gon¹, gon², gon³
    • Yale: gōn, gón, gon
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gon¹, gon², gon³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gon¹, gon², gon³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːn⁵⁵/, /kɔːn³⁵/, /kɔːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan
    • Tâi-lô: kan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kafn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kan³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koáiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kuáinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvoae
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuãi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuãi⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵koe
    • MiniDict: koe^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²koe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kø³⁴/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kaːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	桿
Reading #	1/1
No.	3591
Phonetic component	干
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	笴
Old Chinese	/*kaːnʔ/
Notes	笴今字

Definitions

桿

1. pole; stick; club; rod
2. lever; handle

   操縱桿／操纵杆  ―  cāozònggǎn  ―  joystick

   手剎車桿已磨損。 [MSC, trad.]
   手刹车杆已磨损。 [MSC, simp.]

   Shǒushāchēgǎn yǐ mósǔn. [Pinyin]

   The hand-brake lever is worn out.

3. shaft; barrel

   槍桿／枪杆  ―  qiānggǎn  ―  gun barrel

4. Classifier for long, cylindrical objects, such as guns.

Compounds

• 二桿子／二杆子
• 保險桿／保险杆
• 光桿兒／光杆儿
• 光桿司令／光杆司令
• 大腸桿菌／大肠杆菌 (dàcháng gǎnjūn)
• 巴氏桿菌／巴氏杆菌
• 布氏桿菌／布氏杆菌
• 打槳桿／打桨杆
• 抱大足桿／抱大足杆
• 拉桿子／拉杆子
• 拿槍桿／拿枪杆
• 拿筆桿／拿笔杆
• 控制桿／控制杆 (kòngzhìgǎn)
• 推桿／推杆
• 旗桿／旗杆 (qígān)
• 杈桿兒／杈杆儿
• 桿兒／杆儿
• 桿兒上的／杆儿上的
• 桿弟／杆弟
• 桿撥／杆拨
• 桿棒／杆棒
• 桿秤／杆秤 (gǎnchèng)
• 桿菌／杆菌 (gǎnjūn)
• 桿錐／杆锥
• 棒狀桿菌／棒状杆菌 (bàngzhuàng gǎnjūn)
• 槓桿／杠杆 (gànggǎn)
• 槍桿／枪杆 (qiānggǎn)
• 槍桿子／枪杆子 (qiānggǎnzi)
• 槓桿定律／杠杆定律
• 標準桿／标准杆
• 清桿運動／清杆运动
• 測桿／测杆
• 煙袋桿兒／烟袋杆儿
• 痢疾桿菌／痢疾杆菌
• 白桿兵／白杆兵
• 秤桿／秤杆 (chènggǎn)
• 筆桿／笔杆 (bǐgǎn)
• 耍筆桿／耍笔杆 (shuǎ bǐgǎn)
• 肉毒桿菌／肉毒杆菌 (ròudúgǎnjūn)
• 腰桿子／腰杆子
• 電桿／电杆 (diàngǎn)
• 電線桿／电线杆 (diànxiàngǎn)

 

Japanese

Kanji

桿

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. stick

Readings

• Go-on: かん (kan)
• Kan-on: かん (kan)
• Kun: てこ (teko)

Compounds

Compounds

• 操縦桿(そうじゅうかん) (sōjūkan, “(aviation) control stick”)

Korean

Hanja

桿 • (han) (hangeul 한, revised han, McCune–Reischauer han, Yale han)

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Vietnamese

Han character

桿: Hán Việt readings: can, hãn
桿: Nôm readings: cán

1. Nôm form of cán (“handle”).