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Kanji Details for 竿

竿
Strokes count

Strokes: 9

Radicals

Radicals: 干

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pole, rod, scale beam, violin neck
  • カン
  • さお

Popular Words With This Kanji

  • 竿, 棹

    rod; pole

    neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen

    beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance)

    single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese)

    penis

    counter for flags (on poles); counter for long, thin Japanese sweets (e.g. youkan)

  • 釣り竿, 釣竿

    fishing rod

  • 釣り竿, 釣竿

    fishing rod