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杆
gān
1. pole
2. CL:[[條|条<tiáo>]], [[根<gēn>]]
Very Common • Top 4% ✏️ 7 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

杆
gān
cane, pole, stick
HSK 6 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

栏杆
lángān
railing
电杆
diàngān
electric pole
切杆
qiēgān
chip (golf shot)
旗杆
qígān
flagpole
木杆
mùgān
wooden pole
杆子
gānzi
pole
电杆
diàngǎn
electric pole
吊杆
diàogān
a boom (i.e. transverse beam for hanging objects)
上杆
shànggān
backswing (golf)
桅杆
wéigān
mast
杆子
gǎnzi
pole
杆弟
gāndì
caddie (golf)
杆秤
gǎnchèng
a steelyard (a type of balance)
杆菌
gǎnjūn
bacillus (any rod-shaped bacteria)
枪杆
qiānggǎn
gun barrel
杠杆
gànggǎn
lever
HSK 6
标杆
biāogān
surveyor's pole
拉杆
lāgān
tension bar
球杆
qiúgān
club (golf)
顶杆
dǐnggǎn
top bar

Alternate Entries

杆
gǎn
stick / pole / lever / classifier for long objects such as guns

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,010
Word Frequency Rank
3,357 of 84,292