竿
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(bound form) pole; rod
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 竹 +3
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 竿
- Common rank
- #2,482
- Unicode
- U+7AFF
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
pole · Heisig RSH #2645
竹 bamboo + clothesline
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 竿
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 八竿子打不着 | (coll.) unrelated; lacking any connection | |
| 百尺竿头，更进一步 | lit. after climbing a hundred feet up a pole, one should go even further (idiom); fig. eve… | |
| 立竿见影 | (lit.) set up a pole and immediately see its shadow (idiom); (fig.) to get instant results | |
| 百尺竿头 | to be at the highest level of enlightenment (Buddhist expression) | |
| 竿子 | bamboo pole; CL:根[gen1],個|个[ge4] | |
| 竿头 | bamboo pole's uppermost tip; (fig.) acme | |
| 马竿 | lasso pole; blind man's stick; white stick | |
| 南竿 | Nankan Island, one of the Matsu Islands; Nankan or Nangan township in Lienchiang county 連江… | |
| 鱼竿 | fishing rod | |
| 北竿 | Peikan Island, one of the Matsu Islands; Peikan township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县[Lian… | |
| 球竿 | cue (billiards); club (golf); stick (hockey) | |
| 撑竿跳高 | pole vault | |
| 标竿 | benchmark; pole serving as mark or symbol; pole with a trophy hung on it | |
| 钓鱼竿 | fishing rod | |
| 滑竿 | a kind of sedan chair, usu. made of bamboo and mounted on a pair of long bamboo poles | |
| 竹竿 | bamboo pole | |
| 撑竿跳 | pole vault | |
| 爬竿 | pole-climbing (as gymnastics or circus act); climbing pole | |
| 钓竿 | fishing rod; CL:根[gen1] |
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 | |
| 杆 | cane, pole, stick | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |