桿

See also: 杆

Translingual

Etymology

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

Han character

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

1. pole
2. stick
3. club
4. pole as unit

References

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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

桿 (simplified 杆, Yale gon2)

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Japanese

Kanji

桿

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: かん (kan), がん (gan)
• Kun: てこ (teko), ぽうる (pouru)

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Korean

Hanja

桿 (han) (hangeul 한, revised han, McCune-Reischauer han, Yale han)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

桿 (simplified 杆, Pinyin gǎn (gan3), Wade-Giles kan³)

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Noun

桿 (traditional, Pinyin gǎn, simplified 杆)

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

桿 (traditional, Pinyin gǎn, simplified 杆)

1. measure word for long cylindrical object (guns)

Compounds

• 槓桿 (gànggǎn)

References

• "桿" (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.

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Vietnamese

Han character

桿 (cán)

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