竿

common

カン//    さお////    sao//

pole;  rod;  scale beam;  violin neck

Radical: 竹 (bamboo).   Strokes: 9画.   Elements: 干竹.   Pinyin: gān.   Hangul: 간 [gan].

Jinmeiyō Kanji.

Example compounds:
カン三竿【さんかんsankan】broad daylight
竿頭【かんとうkantō】top of a pole
百尺竿頭【ひゃくせきかんとうhyakusekikantō】the highest state of one's enlightenment; the highest level one can attain
さお竿【さおsao】rod; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis; counter for flags (on poles)
竿竹【さおだけsaodake】bamboo pole
竿立ち【さおだちsaodachi】bolting upright; rearing up (horse)
Codepoints and classification codes:
7aff–Unicode
20-40–JIS X 0208
2-6-3–SKIP
6f3.3–TKD
8840.1–Four Corner
Dictionary indices:
3369–Classic Nelson
4250–The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson
2632–Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig
25854–Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 8 p. 744
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