竿

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See also:
竿 U+7AFF, 竿
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7AFF

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

竿 (Kangxi radical 118, +3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹一十 (HMJ), four-corner 88401, composition 𥫗)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 878, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25854
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1306, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2948, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+7AFF

Chinese

trad. 竿
simp. # 竿
2nd round simp.

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kaːn) : semantic (bamboo) + phonetic (OC *kaːn).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • kan - literary;
  • koaⁿ - vernacular.
Note: go1 - semantic (original character is ).

Rime
Character 竿
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (61)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter kan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɑn/
Pan
Wuyun
/kɑn/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɑn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kan/
Li
Rong
/kɑn/
Wang
Li
/kɑn/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kɑn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gon1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 竿
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
gān
Middle
Chinese
‹ kan ›
Old
Chinese
/*kˁar/
English 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
No. 3569
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kaːn/

Definitions

竿

  1. bamboo pole
  2. Classifier for bamboo.
  3. a surname: Gan

Synonyms

  • (bamboo pole):

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

竿

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. rod, pole
  2. beam

Readings

  • Go-on: かん (kan)
  • Kan-on: かん (kan)
  • Kun: さお (sao, 竿)さを (sawo, 竿, historical)
  • Nanori: さお (sao)

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
竿
さお
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 竿 – see the following entry.
さお
pole
(euphemistic, vulgar) penis
Alternative spellings
,
(This term, 竿, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
竿
かん
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 竿 (MC kan).

Pronunciation

Counter

竿(かん) (-kan

  1. counter for poles

Affix

竿(かん) (kan

  1. a pole; a bamboo pole

Korean

Hanja

竿 (gan) (hangeul , revised gan, McCune–Reischauer kan, Yale kan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

竿: Hán Nôm readings: can, cần

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