杆

(bound form) pole; shaft

7 strokes Dict coverage rank #864 U+6746

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

木 (semantic, “wood”) + 干 (phonetic, gān)

components: 木干

shaft · Heisig RSH #2642

干 dry + 木 tree

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 干

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 干 (gān) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
干 sound component	gān	arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
汗	hàn	perspiration, sweat
奸	jiān	crafty, dishonest, selfish; evil, villainous; adultery
刊	kān	publication, periodical; to publish, to print
肝	gān	liver
赶	gǎn	to pursue, to overtake; to hurry; to expel
竿	gān	bamboo pole; penis
轩	xuān	pavilion; carriage; balcony
鼾	hān	to snore loudly
矸	gān	cliff; rock
邗	hán	an ancient place in the state of Wu
旰	gàn	sunset, dusk; evening
犴	àn	wild dog; jail, lock-up
豻	àn	prison, jail; a wild dog
酐	gān	anhydride

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
八杆子打不着	bā gān zi dǎ bù zháo	variant of 八竿子打不著\|八竿子打不着[ba1 gan1 zi5 da3 bu4 zhao2]
一号木杆	yī hào mù gān	driver (golf)
三号木杆	sān hào mù gān	spoon (golf)
二杆子	èr gān zi	hot-tempered; rash; hot-tempered person
电线杆	diàn xiàn gān	electric pole; telephone pole; lamppost; CL:根[gen1]
电线杆	diàn xiàn gǎn	electric pole; telephone pole; lamppost; CL:根[gen1]
集电杆	jí diàn gǎn	electric trolley pole
肉毒杆菌毒素	ròu dú gǎn jūn dú sù	botulinum toxin
杆子	gān zi	pole
杆子	gǎn zi	pole; stick; club; gang of bandits
李斯特氏杆菌	Lǐ sī tè shì gǎn jūn	listeria bacillus
笔杆子	bǐ gǎn zi	pen; an effective writer
拉杆	lā gān	tension bar
上杆	shàng gān	backswing (golf)
电杆	diàn gān	electric pole; telephone pole
电杆	diàn gǎn	electric pole; telegraph pole
布氏杆菌病	bù shì gǎn jūn bìng	brucellosis (undulant fever or Mediterranean fever)
开杆	kāi gān	(of a snooker competition or golf tournament) to start; to kick off
枪杆子	qiāng gǎn zi	gun barrel
枪杆儿	qiāng gǎn r	gun barrel