稈

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See also: 秆
稈 U+7A08, 稈
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A08
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Translingual

Han character

稈 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹木日一十 (HDAMJ), four-corner 26941, composition ⿰禾旱)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 854, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25074
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1278, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2607, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+7A08

Chinese

trad. 稈/秆
simp. 秆
2nd round 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

Pronunciation

Note:
  • kán - literary;
  • kúiⁿ/koáiⁿ - vernacular.
Rime
Character 稈
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 寒 (61)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 古旱切
Baxter kanX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kɑnX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kɑnX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kɑnX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kanX/
Li
Rong 		/kɑnX/
Wang
Li 		/kɑnX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kɑnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		gǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gon2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 稈
Reading # 1/1
No. 3593
Phonetic
component 		干
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		笴
Old
Chinese 		/*kaːnʔ/

Definitions

稈

  1. stalk (of grain); straw

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 稻草 (“rice straw”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 稻草
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 稻草
Harbin 稻草
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 稻草
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 稻草, 稻稭
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 稻草
Xi'an 稻草
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 稻草
Southwestern Mandarin Wuhan 稻草
Liuzhou 禾稈, 禾稈草
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 稻草
Yangzhou 稻草
Cantonese Guangzhou 禾稈, 禾稈草
Hong Kong 禾稈, 禾稈草
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 禾稈草
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 禾稈, 禾稈草
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 禾稈草
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 禾稈草
Macau 禾稈草
Guangzhou (Panyu) 禾稈
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 禾稈草
Guangzhou (Conghua) 禾稈
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 禾稈, 禾稈草
Foshan 禾稈
Foshan (Shunde) 禾稈
Foshan (Sanshui) 禾稈草
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 禾稈
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 禾稈
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 禾稈
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 禾稈草
Zhuhai (Doumen) 禾草
Jiangmen (Baisha) 禾草
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 禾草
Taishan 禾草
Kaiping (Chikan) 禾草
Enping (Niujiang) 禾草
Heshan (Yayao) 禾草
Dongguan 禾稈, 禾稈草
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 禾稈草
Qingyuan 禾稈
Fogang 禾稈
Yingde (Hanguang) 禾稈
Yangshan 禾稈
Lianshan (Butian) 禾稈
Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) 禾稈
Shaoguan 禾稈
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 禾稈
Renhua 禾稈
Lechang 禾稈, 禾草
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 禾稈
Sihui 禾稈
Guangning 禾稈
Deqing 禾稈
Huaiji 禾稈
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 禾稈
Yunfu 禾稈
Xinxing 禾稈
Luoding 禾稈
Yunan (Pingtai) 禾稈
Yangjiang 禾草, 禾稈草
Xinyi 禾稈
Lianjiang 禾稈, 禾稈草
Nanning 禾稈
Guiping 禾稈草
Guigang (Nanjiang) 禾稈草
Beiliu (Tangliao) 禾稈
Baise 禾草
Bobai 禾稈
Lingshan 禾稈草
Pubei 禾稈
Qinzhou 禾稈草
Beihai 禾稈
Ningming 禾稈草
Hengzhou 禾稈
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) 禾稈
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 禾稈草
Gan Nanchang 禾草
Lichuan 稈
Pingxiang 稈
Hakka Meixian 稈, 禾稈
Xingning 稈
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 禾稈, 稈
Huidong (Daling) 稈
Dongguan (Qingxi) 稈, 禾稈草
Boluo (Bendihua) 禾稈草
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 禾稈草
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 禾稈
Wuhua (Huacheng) 稈
Heyuan (Bendihua) 稈
Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) 稈
Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) 稈
Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) 禾稈
Wengyuan 稈
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 稈
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 禾稈
Liannan 稈
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 禾稈
Jiexi 稈
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 稈
Changting 稈
Wuping 稈
Wuping (Yanqian) 稈
Wuping (Pingyu) 稈
Liancheng 稈
Ninghua 稈
Yudu 禾稈
Ningdu 稈
Ruijin 稈
Shicheng 稈
Shangyou (Shexi) 禾草
Tonggu (Sandu) 稈
Ganzhou (Panlong) 禾草
Dayu 稈
Taoyuan 稈
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 禾稈
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 禾稈
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 禾稈
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 禾稈
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 禾稈
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 禾稈
Hong Kong 禾稈草
Yangxi (Tangkou) 禾草
Yangchun (Sanjia) 禾稈
Xinyi (Sihe) 禾稈
Xinyi (Qianpai) 禾稈
Gaozhou (Xindong) 禾稈
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 禾稈
Huazhou (Xin'an) 禾稈
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 禾稈
Lianjiang (Qingping) 禾稈
Mengshan (Xihe) 禾稈
Luchuan 禾稈
Senai (Huiyang) 禾稈
Jin Taiyuan 稻稭
Xinzhou 稻稭
Northern Min Jian'ou 稈
Jian'ou (Dikou) 稈
Songxi 稈
Zhenghe 稈
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 稈
Jianyang 稈
Wuyishan 稈
Pucheng (Shibei) 稈
Eastern Min Fuzhou 草
Fuzhou (Changle) 稿
Lianjiang 草
Fuqing 粙稿
Pingtan 草
Yongtai 稿
Minqing 稈
Gutian 稈
Pingnan 稈
Luoyuan 稈
Fu'an 粙稈
Ningde 稈
Xiapu 粙稈
Zherong 粙稈
Shouning 稈
Zhouning 稈
Fuding 粙草, 粙稈
Southern Min Xiamen 粙草
Xiamen (Tong'an) 粙草
Quanzhou 粙草
Jinjiang 粙草
Nan'an 粙草
Shishi 粙草
Hui'an 粙草
Anxi 粙草
Yongchun 粙草
Dehua 粙草
Zhangzhou 粙草
Zhangzhou (Longhai) 粙草
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 粙草
Hua'an 禾草
Nanjing 粙草
Pinghe 粙草
Zhangpu 粙稿
Yunxiao 粙稿草
Zhao'an 粙稿草
Dongshan 工草
Taipei 粙草 GT
Kinmen 粙草
Longyan 稈
Zhangping 禾草
Zhangping (Yongfu) 禾稿
Datian 禾稈
Shantou 粙稿草
Shantou (Chenghai) 粙稿草
Jieyang 粙稿草
Bangkok (Teochew) 粙草
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 粙草
Haikou 粙稿草
Puxian Min Putian 稈, 稿
Xianyou 稈
Central Min Yong'an 稈
Sanming (Sanyuan) 稈
Sanming (Shaxian) 稈
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 稈
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 禾稈
Wu Danyang 稻草
Hangzhou 稻草
Ningbo 稻草
Wenzhou 稻稈
Jinhua 稻稈
Xiang Changsha 稻草
Loudi 稈
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

稈

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. dried up stalk
  2. straw

Readings

  • On (unclassified): かん (kan)
  • Kun: わら (wara)

Noun

稈(かん) • (kan) 

  1. (botany) culm

Korean

Hanja

稈 (eum 간 (gan))

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Vietnamese

Han character

稈: Hán Nôm readings: cán

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