稈

See also: 秆

Translingual

Han character

稈 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹木日一十 (HDAMJ), four-corner 2694₁, composition ⿰禾旱)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 854, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25074
• Dae Jaweon: page 1278, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2607, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7A08

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Chinese

trad.		稈
simp.		秆
alternative forms		杆 second round simplified

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǎn (gan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gon²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kán / kúiⁿ / koáiⁿ

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gon²
    • Yale: gón
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gon²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gon²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kán
    • Tâi-lô: kán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: karn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kan⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kan⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kúiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kuínn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvuie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuĩ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koáiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kuáinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvoae
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kuãi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuãi⁴¹/

Note:

• kán - literary;
• kúiⁿ/koáiⁿ - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: kanX

Rime
Character	稈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古旱切
Baxter	kanX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɑnX/
Pan Wuyun	/kɑnX/
Shao Rongfen	/kɑnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kanX/
Li Rong	/kɑnX/
Wang Li	/kɑnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kɑnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gon2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kaːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	稈
Reading #	1/1
No.	3593
Phonetic component	干
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	笴
Old Chinese	/*kaːnʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 稈

1. stalk (of grain); straw

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Japanese

Kanji

稈

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. dried up stalk
2. straw

Readings

• On (unclassified): かん (kan)
• Kun: わら (wara)

Noun

稈(かん) • (kan) 

1. (botany) culm

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Korean

Hanja

稈 • (gan) (hangeul 간, revised gan, McCune–Reischauer kan, Yale kan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 稈 (cán)

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