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竿

pole
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingカン
Kun readingさお
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. poleRtK
  2. rod
  3. scale beam
  4. violin neck
  1. neck (of a shamisen, etc.)
  2. shamisen
  3. beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance)

Radicals and components

Radical竹bambooComponents

Compound words

竿竹さおだけ
bamboo pole
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
物干し竿ものほしざお
pole on which to hang laundry for drying
旗竿はたざお
flagstaff
竿頭かんとう
top of a pole

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 竿

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