竿

common

カン//    さお////    sao//

pole;  rod;  scale beam;  violin neck

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

Jinmeiyō Kanji.

Example compounds:
カン竿さんかんsankan】broad daylight
竿かんとうkantō】top of a pole
百尺竿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)
竿さおだけsaodake】bamboo pole
竿立ちさおだちsaodachi】bolting upright; rearing up (horse)
Codepoints and classification codes:
7affUnicode
20-40JIS X 0208
2-6-3SKIP
6f3.3TKD
8840.1Four Corner
Dictionary indices:
3369Classic Nelson
4250The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson
2632Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig
25854Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 8 p. 744
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