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Kanji Detail for 竿 - "pole, tablet, tag"
竿
- Meaning
竿 means "pole, tablet, tag."
Pole - A bamboo pole; a hanging rod.
Tablet - A bamboo writing tablet.
- 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.
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