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竿 – pole, rod, scale beam
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The kanji 竿 means pole, rod, scale beam, violin neck. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カン (kan); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is さお (sao). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 竹 (no. 118).
Stroke order
Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.
Readings
| Type | Reading | Romaji |
|---|---|---|
| On’yomi | カン | kan |
| Kun’yomi | さお | sao |
A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.
Radical and components
Radical: 竹 (Kangxi radical 118). Components: 干・竹・乞.
Words using 竿
竿さおrod
Kanji with the same radical
Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.