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Kanji Detail for 竿 - "pole"

竿

  • Meaning

    竿 means "pole." Also associated with tablet, tag.

    1. Pole - A bamboo pole; a hanging rod.

    2. Tablet - A bamboo writing tablet.

  • Four-character idioms with 竿

    • 百尺竿頭 ひゃくせきかんとう Listen the highest state of one's enlightenment; the highest level one can attain

  • Tattoo check: 竿

    • Verified meaning: pole
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いくみ, さお, さおさき)
    • Also carries these associations: tablet, tag

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 竿

    Surnames 竿(いくみ)Listen 竿(さお)Listen 竿(さおさき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    pole; rod; scale beam; violin neck

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    bamboo pole; penis

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    pole

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    bamboo pole; penis

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

    The stem of bamboo. One bamboo branch is called one 竿. Ancients used bamboo slips for writing. Hence letters are also called 竿牘. Also, measuring and counting also use 竿. Such as saying "the sun is three poles high," "the water is several poles deep," and such.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kan(カン) カン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    sao(さお) さお

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    竹 (take・takekammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    pole tablet tag rod bamboo staff stick shaft mast fishing beam perch support

Sentences including 竿

  • I put all of the sheets to dry on the pole.

  • He knows how to fish with a fishing rod.

  • My back hurts because I've been fishing all day.

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