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Translingual

Han character

(radical 75 +7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木日一十 (DAMJ), four-corner 46941, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 527, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14823
  • Dae Jaweon: page 916, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1213, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+687F

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*krads, *krads, *ked, *kad
*kaːn
竿 *kaːn
*kaːn
*kaːn
*kaːn
*kaːn, *ɡaːn, *ɡaːns
*kaːn
*kaːn, *ɡaːns
*kaːn
*kaːn, *ɡaːn
*kaːnʔ
*kaːnʔ, *kaːns, *ɡaːns
*kaːnʔ
*kaːnʔ
*kaːnʔ
*kaːnʔ
*kaːnʔ
*kaːns
*kaːns
*kaːns
*kaːns
*kaːns, *ɡraːns
*kaːnʔ
*kaːnʔ
*kaːnʔ
*kʰaːn
*kʰaːn, *kʰaːns, *kreːn, *kan
*kʰaːnʔ, *kʰaːns
*ŋaːn, *ŋaːns
*ŋaːn, *ŋaːns, *ɦŋaːns, *ŋ̥ʰraːn
*ŋaːns, *hŋaːn, *ŋaːd
*ŋɡaːns
*qʰaːn, *ɢaːns
*qʰaːnʔ, *qʰaːns
*qʰaːnʔ, *ɡaːns
*qʰaːnʔ
*ɡaːn
*ɡaːnʔ
*ɡaːnʔ
*ɡaːns
*ɡaːns
*ɡaːns
*ɡaːns, *kʰraːn
*ɡaːns, *ɡraːnʔ
*ɡaːns
*ɡaːns
*ɡaːns
*ɡaːns
*ɡʷranʔ
*ɡraːns
*kan
*ɡan, *ɡʷad
*qʰan
*qʰan
*qʰaːŋʔ
*ɡʷaːnʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kaːnʔ) : semantic  + phonetic  (OC *ɡaːnʔ).

Pronunciation



Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 3591
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kaːnʔ/
Notes

Definitions

  1. pole; stick; club; rod
  2. lever; handle
    操縱 / 操纵   cāozònggǎn   joystick
    剎車磨損 / 刹车磨损   Shǒushāchēgǎn yǐ mósǔn.   The hand-brake lever is worn out.
  3. shaft; barrel
    /    qiānggǎn   gun barrel
  4. Classifier for long, cylindrical objects, such as guns.

Compounds

  • 二桿子二杆子
  • 保險桿保险杆
  • 光桿兒光杆儿
  • 光桿司令光杆司令
  • 大腸桿菌大肠杆菌 (dàcháng gǎnjūn)
  • 巴氏桿菌巴氏杆菌
  • 布氏桿菌布氏杆菌
  • 打槳桿打桨杆
  • 抱大足桿抱大足杆
  • 拉桿子拉杆子
  • 拿槍桿拿枪杆
  • 拿筆桿拿笔杆
  • 控制桿控制杆
  • 推桿推杆
  • 旗桿旗杆
  • 杈桿兒杈杆儿
  • 桿兒杆儿
  • 桿兒上的杆儿上的
  • 桿弟杆弟
  • 桿撥杆拨
  • 桿棒杆棒
  • 桿秤杆秤
  • 桿菌杆菌 (gǎnjūn)
  • 桿錐杆锥
  • 棒狀桿菌棒状杆菌
  • 槍桿子枪杆子
  • 槓桿杠杆 (gànggǎn)
  • 槓桿定律杠杆定律
  • 標準桿标准杆
  • 清桿運動清杆运动
  • 測桿测杆
  • 煙袋桿兒烟袋杆儿
  • 痢疾桿菌痢疾杆菌
  • 白桿兵白杆兵
  • 秤桿秤杆
  • 筆桿笔杆
  • 耍筆桿耍笔杆
  • 肉毒桿菌肉毒杆菌 (ròudúgǎnjūn)
  • 腰桿子腰杆子
  • 鎗桿鎗杆
  • 電桿电杆 (diàngǎn)
  • 電線桿电线杆 (diànxiàngǎn)

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(han) (hangeul , revised han, McCune-Reischauer han, Yale han)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(cán)

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