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竿
Stroke Count
 9 Strokes
 Radical
 竹 + 3 Strokes
Taught in Grade 9
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English Meaning
  1. pole, rod, scale beam, violin neck
Readings
Kun'yomi: さお。
On'yomi: カン。(Go-on, Kan-on Readings)

Dictionary Entries for 竿

sao
noun
  1. rod; pole
  2. neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen (esp. 棹)
  3. beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance)
  4. single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese)
  5. penis
counter
  1. counter for flags (on poles); counter for long, thin Japanese sweets (e.g. yōkan)
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kan
suffix, counter
  1. counter for poles, rods, etc.
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Stroke Order Diagrams for 竿

Construction of Character for 竿

Radicals and parts present in 竿
» Radical bamboo
» Part dry, parch

Kanji related to 竿

Kanji containing 十 at the bottom-inner

  • 草

    午

    幸

    苦

    章

    置

    弁

    準

    卑

    傘

    弊

    弄

Kanji containing 十

  • 十

    千

    年

    早

    半

    古

    直

    南

    計

    朝

    世

    平

    曲

    乗

    度

    重

    真

    植

    卒

    協

    固

    飛

    席

    博

    満

    辞

    支

    刊

    判

    技

    居

    枝

    故

    率

    幹

    干

    冊

    孝

    垂

    革

    値

    展

    針

    裁

    井

    升

    汁

    甘

    迅

    汗

    伴

    克

    岐

    戒

    肝

    辛

    卓

    奔

    枠

    肢

    枯

    盾

    砕

    宰

    挿

    栽

    畔

    粋

    索

    軒

    乾

    庶

    酔

    喪

    循

    殖

    慎

    献

    賊

    載

    鼓

    壊

    懐

    聴

    鎮

    伎

    阜

    韓

    辣

Kanji containing 干 at the bottom

  • 午

    幸

Kanji containing 干

  • 年

    形

    南

    平

    岸

    研

    開

    刊

    許

    報

    評

    干

    刑

    汗

    肝

    坪

    軒

    執

Kanji containing 竹 at the top

  • 答

    算

    笛

    第

    筆

    等

    箱

    笑

    節

    管

    筋

    策

    簡

    符

    筒

    箇

    範

    篤

    簿

    籍

    箸

    箋

    籠

Kanji containing 竹

  • 竹

    築

Meanings in Other Languages for 竿

Spanish
  1. palo, barra, vara, caña

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