竿

竿 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

pole, rod, scale beam, violin neck

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • カン
Kun (native)
  • さお
Other languages
  • 拼音gan1
  • 한글gan
  • Hán-ViệtCan
  • Hán-ViệtCán

Basics

Strokes
9 strokes
Radical
竹(たけ)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+7AFF

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱𥫗干

Words using this kanji

  • 竿さおrod, pole, neck (of a shamisen, etc.), shamisen
  • 竿かんcounter for poles, rods, etc.
  • 竿頭かんとう竿の先。top of a pole
  • 竿秤さおばかりbeam balance, steelyard
  • 竿燈かんとう8月3日~6日に秋田市などで行われる七夕祭りの行事。また、その際に使用されている竹竿に多数の提灯を付けた道具。Kanto Festival (Akita), street light
  • 竿役さおやくcharacter in erotica with a mainly penetrative role
  • 竿姉妹さおしまいwomen who have had sex with the same man

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(21 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-6-3
Four Corner
8840.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
6f3.3
Heisig
2676
Nelson
3369