桿

See also: 杆

桿 U+687F, 桿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-687F ← 桾 [U+687E] CJK Unified Ideographs 梀 → [U+6880]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

Chinese

trad.		桿
simp.		杆*

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (干) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
訐	*krads, *krads, *ked, *kad
肝	*kaːn
竿	*kaːn
干	*kaːn
奸	*kaːn
玕	*kaːn
汗	*kaːn, *ɡaːn, *ɡaːns
迀	*kaːn
忓	*kaːn, *ɡaːns
鳱	*kaːn
邗	*kaːn, *ɡaːn
秆	*kaːnʔ
矸	*kaːnʔ, *kaːns, *ɡaːns
仠	*kaːnʔ
皯	*kaːnʔ
衦	*kaːnʔ
簳	*kaːnʔ
擀	*kaːnʔ
旰	*kaːns
盰	*kaːns
幹	*kaːns
杆	*kaːns
骭	*kaːns, *ɡraːns
桿	*kaːnʔ
趕	*kaːnʔ
稈	*kaːnʔ
刊	*kʰaːn
靬	*kʰaːn, *kʰaːns, *kreːn, *kan
衎	*kʰaːnʔ, *kʰaːns
犴	*ŋaːn, *ŋaːns
豻	*ŋaːn, *ŋaːns, *ɦŋaːns, *ŋ̊ʰraːn
頇	*ŋaːns, *hŋaːn, *ŋaːd
岸	*ŋɡaːns
鼾	*qʰaːn, *ɢaːns
罕	*qʰaːnʔ, *qʰaːns
焊	*qʰaːnʔ, *ɡaːns
蔊	*qʰaːnʔ
虷	*ɡaːn
旱	*ɡaːnʔ
皔	*ɡaːnʔ
釬	*ɡaːns
扞	*ɡaːns
閈	*ɡaːns
馯	*ɡaːns, *kʰraːn
捍	*ɡaːns, *ɡraːnʔ
悍	*ɡaːns
銲	*ɡaːns
垾	*ɡaːns
駻	*ɡaːns
睅	*ɡʷranʔ
娨	*ɡraːns
飦	*kan
赶	*ɡan, *ɡʷad
軒	*qʰan
蓒	*qʰan
酐	*qʰaːŋʔ
澣	*ɡʷaːnʔ

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǎn (gan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gon¹ / gon² / gon³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kan / koáiⁿ
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵koe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎn
    • Wade–Giles: kan³
    • Yale: gǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaan
    • Palladius: гань (ganʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎnr
    • Wade–Giles: kan³-ʼrh
    • Yale: gǎnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaal
    • Palladius: ганьр (ganʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑɻ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gon¹ / gon² / gon³
    • Yale: gōn / gón / gon
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gon¹ / gon² / gon³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gon¹ / gon² / gon³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːn⁵⁵/, /kɔːn³⁵/, /kɔːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan
    • Tâi-lô: kan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kafn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kan³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koáiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kuáinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvoae
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuãi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuãi⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵koe
    • MiniDict: koe^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²koe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kø³⁴/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kaːnʔ/

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

Definitions

桿

1. pole; stick; club; rod
2. lever; handle

   操縱桿／操纵杆  ―  cāozònggǎn  ―  joystick

   手剎車桿已磨損。 [MSC, trad.]
   手刹车杆已磨损。 [MSC, simp.]

   Shǒushāchēgǎn yǐ mósǔn. [Pinyin]

   The hand-brake lever is worn out.

3. shaft; barrel

   槍桿／枪杆  ―  qiānggǎn  ―  gun barrel

4. Classifier for long, cylindrical objects, such as guns.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 支 (“(classifier for pens or pencils)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		支, 桿
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	支
Cantonese	Guangzhou	支
	Hong Kong	支
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	支
	Macau	支
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	支
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	支
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	支
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	支
	Foshan	支
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	支
	Foshan (Shunde)	支
	Foshan (Sanshui)	支
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	支
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	支
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	支
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	支
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	支
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	支
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	支
	Taishan	支
	Kaiping (Chikan)	支
	Enping (Niujiang)	支
	Heshan (Yayao)	支
	Dongguan	支
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	支
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	支
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	桿
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	桿
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	支
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	支
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	把
	Fuzhou (Changle)	把
	Fuqing	把
	Yongtai	把
	Gutian	把
	Fu'an	支
	Ningde	把
	Shouning	支
	Zhouning	支
	Fuding	支
Southern Min	Xiamen	支, 叢
	Quanzhou	支, 叢
	Zhangzhou	支, 叢
	Tainan	支
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	支
Note	支 is also written as 枝

Compounds

• 二桿子 / 二杆子
• 保險桿 / 保险杆 (bǎoxiǎngǎn)
• 光桿兒 / 光杆儿
• 光桿司令 / 光杆司令 (guānggǎn sīlìng)
• 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 (kòngzhìgǎn)
• 推桿 / 推杆
• 旗桿 / 旗杆 (qígān)
• 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 (gǎnchèng)
• 桿菌 / 杆菌 (gǎnjūn)
• 桿錐 / 杆锥
• 棒狀桿菌 / 棒状杆菌 (bàngzhuàng gǎnjūn)
• 槓桿 / 杠杆 (gànggǎn)
• 槍桿 / 枪杆 (qiānggǎn)
• 槍桿子 / 枪杆子 (qiānggǎnzi)
• 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 (chènggǎn)
• 筆桿 / 笔杆 (bǐgǎn)
• 耍筆桿 / 耍笔杆 (shuǎ bǐgǎn)
• 肉毒桿菌 / 肉毒杆菌 (ròudúgǎnjūn)
• 腰桿子 / 腰杆子
• 電桿 / 电杆 (diàngǎn)
• 電線桿 / 电线杆 (diànxiàngǎn)

Japanese

Kanji

桿

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. stick

Readings

• Go-on: かん (kan)
• Kan-on: かん (kan)
• Kun: てこ (teko)

Compounds

• 操縦桿(そうじゅうかん) (sōjūkan, “(aviation) control stick”)

Korean

Hanja

桿 • (han) (hangeul 한, revised han, McCune–Reischauer han, Yale han)

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Vietnamese

Han character

桿: Hán Việt readings: can, hãn
桿: Nôm readings: cán

1. chữ Nôm form of cán (“handle”).