竿 — gan

Parts that make up 竿

How 竿 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 竿 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 竹, 干.

Korean example words with 竿

• 수간垂竿 Korean gloss: 낚싯대를 드리움.
• 간자竿子 Korean gloss: 긴 막대기나 장대.
• 정간旌竿 Korean gloss: 정(旌)을 단 깃대.
• 기간旗竿 Korean gloss: 깃발을 달아매는 장대.
• 간두竿頭 Korean gloss: 장대나 대막대기 따위의 끝.
• 당간幢竿 Korean gloss: 당(幢)을 달아 세우는 대.
• 용간龍竿 Korean gloss: 용의 머리 모양을 새긴 장대.
• 죽간竹竿 Korean gloss: ‘장대’를 통틀어 이르는 말.
• 장간檣竿 Korean gloss: 돛을 달기 위하여 배 바닥에 세운 기둥.
• 장간長竿 Korean gloss: 대나무나 나무로 다듬어 만든 긴 막대기.
• 망간望竿 Korean gloss: 무엇을 표시하기 위하여 세우거나 박은 말뚝.
• 목간木竿 Korean gloss: 물건을 받치거나 버티는 데 쓰는 굵고 긴 나무.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 竿

• 竿さお rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.)
• 三竿さんかん broad daylight
• 黐竿もちざお lime stick for catching insects
• 釣竿つりざお fishing rod
• 竹竿たけざお bamboo pole
• 旗竿はたざお flagstaff; flagpole; arabis (any plant of genus Arabis, esp. tower mustard, Arabis glabra)
• 竿頭かんとう top of a pole
• 殻竿からざお flail (for threshing grain)
• 竿秤さおばかり beam balance; steelyard
• 一竿いっかん one pole (esp. used for fishing poles); one rod
• 竿燈かんとう Kanto Festival (Akita); street light
• 肉竿にくざお penis; cock

Characters sharing the phonetic 干

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “간”

Other hanja with radical 竹