桿

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See also: 杆
桿 U+687F, 桿
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-687F
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Translingual

Han character

桿 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木日一十 (DAMJ), four-corner 46941, composition ⿰木旱)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 527, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14823
  • Dae Jaweon: page 916, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1213, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+687F

Chinese

trad. 桿
simp. 杆*

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (干) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
訐 *krads, *krads, *ked, *kad
肝 *kaːn
竿 *kaːn
干 *kaːn
奸 *kaːn
玕 *kaːn
汗 *kaːn, *ɡaːn, *ɡaːns
迀 *kaːn
忓 *kaːn, *ɡaːns
鳱 *kaːn
邗 *kaːn, *ɡaːn
秆 *kaːnʔ
矸 *kaːnʔ, *kaːns, *ɡaːns
仠 *kaːnʔ
皯 *kaːnʔ
衦 *kaːnʔ
簳 *kaːnʔ
擀 *kaːnʔ
旰 *kaːns
盰 *kaːns
幹 *kaːns
杆 *kaːns
骭 *kaːns, *ɡraːns
桿 *kaːnʔ
趕 *kaːnʔ
稈 *kaːnʔ
刊 *kʰaːn
靬 *kʰaːn, *kʰaːns, *kreːn, *kan
衎 *kʰaːnʔ, *kʰaːns
犴 *ŋaːn, *ŋaːns
豻 *ŋaːn, *ŋaːns, *ɦŋaːns, *ŋ̊ʰraːn
頇 *ŋaːns, *hŋaːn, *ŋaːd
岸 *ŋɡaːns
鼾 *qʰaːn, *ɢaːns
罕 *qʰaːnʔ, *qʰaːns
焊 *qʰaːnʔ, *ɡaːns
蔊 *qʰaːnʔ
虷 *ɡaːn
旱 *ɡaːnʔ
皔 *ɡaːnʔ
釬 *ɡaːns
扞 *ɡaːns
閈 *ɡaːns
馯 *ɡaːns, *kʰraːn
捍 *ɡaːns, *ɡraːnʔ
悍 *ɡaːns
銲 *ɡaːns
垾 *ɡaːns
駻 *ɡaːns
睅 *ɡʷranʔ
娨 *ɡraːns
飦 *kan
赶 *ɡan, *ɡʷad
軒 *qʰan
蓒 *qʰan
酐 *qʰaːŋʔ
澣 *ɡʷaːnʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kaːnʔ): semantic 木 + phonetic 旱 (OC *ɡaːnʔ).

Pronunciation

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 桿
Reading # 1/1
No. 3591
Phonetic
component 		干
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		笴
Old
Chinese 		/*kaːnʔ/
Notes 笴今字

Definitions

桿

  1. pole; stick; club; rod
  2. lever; handle
    操縱桿／操纵杆  ―  cāozònggǎn  ―  joystick
    手剎車桿已磨損。 [MSC, trad.]
    手刹车杆已磨损。 [MSC, simp.]
    Shǒushāchēgǎn yǐ mósǔn.
    The hand-brake lever is worn out.
  3. shaft; barrel
    槍桿／枪杆  ―  qiānggǎn  ―  gun barrel
  4. Classifier for long, cylindrical objects, such as guns.

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

桿

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. stick

Readings

  • Go-on: かん (kan)
  • Kan-on: かん (kan)
  • Kun: てこ (teko)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

桿 • (han) (hangeul 한, revised han, McCune–Reischauer han, Yale han)

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Vietnamese

Han character

桿: Hán Việt readings: can, hãn
桿: Nôm readings: cán

  1. chữ Nôm form of cán (“handle”).
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