杆
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(bound form) pole; shaft
- HSK 3.0
- Level 6
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 木 +3
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 杆
- Common rank
- #864
- Unicode
- U+6746
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 杆
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 八杆子打不着 | variant of 八竿子打不著|八竿子打不着[ba1 gan1 zi5 da3 bu4 zhao2] | |
| 一号木杆 | driver (golf) | |
| 三号木杆 | spoon (golf) | |
| 二杆子 | hot-tempered; rash; hot-tempered person | |
| 电线杆 | electric pole; telephone pole; lamppost; CL:根[gen1] | |
| 电线杆 | electric pole; telephone pole; lamppost; CL:根[gen1] | |
| 集电杆 | electric trolley pole | |
| 肉毒杆菌毒素 | botulinum toxin | |
| 杆子 | pole | |
| 杆子 | pole; stick; club; gang of bandits | |
| 李斯特氏杆菌 | listeria bacillus | |
| 笔杆子 | pen; an effective writer | |
| 拉杆 | tension bar | |
| 上杆 | backswing (golf) | |
| 电杆 | electric pole; telephone pole | |
| 电杆 | electric pole; telegraph pole | |
| 布氏杆菌病 | brucellosis (undulant fever or Mediterranean fever) | |
| 开杆 | (of a snooker competition or golf tournament) to start; to kick off | |
| 枪杆子 | gun barrel | |
| 枪杆儿 | gun barrel |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 干 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 干 sound part | arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade | |
| 汗 | perspiration, sweat | |
| 奸 | crafty, dishonest, selfish; evil, villainous; adultery | |
| 刊 | publication, periodical; to publish, to print | |
| 肝 | liver | |
| 赶 | to pursue, to overtake; to hurry; to expel | |
| 竿 | bamboo pole; penis | |
| 轩 | pavilion; carriage; balcony | |
| 鼾 | to snore loudly | |
| 矸 | cliff; rock | |
| 邗 | an ancient place in the state of Wu | |
| 旰 | sunset, dusk; evening | |
| 犴 | wild dog; jail, lock-up | |
| 豻 | prison, jail; a wild dog | |
| 酐 | anhydride |