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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
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 訐
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*krads, *krads, *ked, *kad
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| 肝
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*kaːn
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| 竿
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*kaːn
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| 干
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*kaːn
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| 奸
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*kaːn
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| 玕
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*kaːn
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| 汗
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*kaːn, *ɡaːn, *ɡaːns
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| 迀
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*kaːn
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| 忓
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*kaːn, *ɡaːns
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| 鳱
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*kaːn
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| 邗
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*kaːn, *ɡaːn
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| 秆
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*kaːnʔ
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| 矸
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*kaːnʔ, *kaːns, *ɡaːns
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| 仠
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*kaːnʔ
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| 皯
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*kaːnʔ
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| 衦
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*kaːnʔ
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| 簳
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*kaːnʔ
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| 擀
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*kaːnʔ
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| 旰
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*kaːns
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| 盰
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*kaːns
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| 幹
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*kaːns
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| 杆
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*kaːns
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| 骭
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*kaːns, *ɡraːns
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| 桿
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*kaːnʔ
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| 趕
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*kaːnʔ
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| 稈
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*kaːnʔ
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| 刊
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*kʰaːn
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| 靬
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*kʰaːn, *kʰaːns, *kreːn, *kan
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| 衎
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*kʰaːnʔ, *kʰaːns
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| 犴
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*ŋaːn, *ŋaːns
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| 豻
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*ŋaːn, *ŋaːns, *ɦŋaːns, *ŋ̊ʰraːn
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| 頇
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*ŋaːns, *hŋaːn, *ŋaːd
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| 岸
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*ŋɡaːns
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| 鼾
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*qʰaːn, *ɢaːns
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| 罕
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*qʰaːnʔ, *qʰaːns
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| 焊
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*qʰaːnʔ, *ɡaːns
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| 蔊
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*qʰaːnʔ
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| 虷
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*ɡaːn
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| 旱
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*ɡaːnʔ
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| 皔
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*ɡaːnʔ
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| 釬
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*ɡaːns
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| 扞
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*ɡaːns
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| 閈
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*ɡaːns
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| 馯
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*ɡaːns, *kʰraːn
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| 捍
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*ɡaːns, *ɡraːnʔ
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| 悍
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*ɡaːns
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| 銲
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*ɡaːns
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| 垾
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*ɡaːns
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| 駻
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*ɡaːns
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| 睅
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*ɡʷranʔ
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| 娨
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*ɡraːns
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| 飦
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*kan
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| 赶
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*ɡan, *ɡʷad
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| 軒
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*qʰan
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| 蓒
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*qʰan
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| 酐
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*qʰaːŋʔ
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| 澣
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*ɡʷaːnʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kaːnʔ) : semantic 木 + phonetic 旱 (OC *ɡaːnʔ).
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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桿
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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3591
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Phonetic
component
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干
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Rime
group
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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笴
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Old
Chinese
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/*kaːnʔ/
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| Notes
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笴今字
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Definitions
桿
- pole; stick; club; rod
- 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.
- shaft; barrel
- 槍桿／枪杆 ― qiānggǎn ― gun barrel
- Classifier for long, cylindrical objects, such as guns.
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
桿
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- stick
Readings
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
- Nôm form of cán (“handle”).