竹竿

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Chinese

bamboo pole
trad. (竹竿) 竿
simp. #(竹竿) 竿

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 竿
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (9) (28)
Final () (4) (61)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter trjuwk kan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʈɨuk̚/ /kɑn/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʈiuk̚/ /kɑn/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȶiuk̚/ /kɑn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʈuwk̚/ /kan/
Li
Rong
/ȶiuk̚/ /kɑn/
Wang
Li
/ȶĭuk̚/ /kɑn/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ȶi̯uk̚/ /kɑn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhu gān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zuk1 gon1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 竿
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhú gān
Middle
Chinese
‹ trjuwk › ‹ kan ›
Old
Chinese
/*truk/ /*kˁar/
English bamboo pole, rod

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 竿
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 17588 3569
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tuɡ/ /*kaːn/

Noun

竹竿

  1. bamboo pole

Synonyms

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