杆 (gon1 | gan1) : pole; staff

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杆

gon1

gan1

pole; staff; post; shaft

杆 is also the simplified form of 桿 with different meanings.

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 7

Level: 3

Radical: 木 (#75)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

杆

This word has been viewed 2675 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 24th Oct 2010 11:33

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旗杆 kei4 gon1 qi2 gan1 = flagpole; flagstaff

桅杆 wai4 gon1 wei2 gan1 = mast

欄杆 laan4 gon1 lan2 gan1 = railing; banister

標杆 biu1 gon1 biao1 gan1 = surveyor's pole; model, example

撐杆跳 caang1 gon1 tiu3 cheng1 gan1 tiao4 = pole vault

樓梯欄杆 lau4 tai1 laan4 gon1 lou2 ti1 lan2 gan1 = [n] a balustrade

火燒旗杆 fo2 siu1 kei4 gon1 huo3 shao1 qi2 gan1 = enjoy a luxurious life forever 粵

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 杆
Unicode code for this character: U+6746 (off-site link)

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