Kanji Detail for 棹 - "pole, punt, rod, neck, counter"

棹

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
棹 means "pole, punt, rod, neck, counter."
1. Pole - An oar; a rod for pushing a boat.
2. Punt - To propel a boat with a pole.
3. Rod - A bamboo pole (Japanese usage).
4. Neck - The shaft of a shamisen (Japanese usage).
5. Counter - A unit for counting chests and trunks (Japanese usage).
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

pole a boat

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

oar; boat

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

variant of 桌[zhuo1]

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

oar; boat

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Same as 櫂 (oar). Such as returning boats are called 歸棹. | Interchangeable with 卓, 桌, and 槕. A type of table.
Onyomi

taku(たく)

toh(とう)
Kunyomi

ko.gu(こぐ)

sao(さお)
Strokes

12 strokes
Radical

木 (ki・kihen)
Related Keywords
pole oar rod pushing boat punt propel bamboo neck shaft shamisen counter unit counting chests