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杆 - gān

pole; shaft of spear

pole; shaft of spear

How to read 杆

Click 杆 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyingān
Englishpole; shaft of spear
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

杆子 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 杆弟. Please read 杆秤 one more time.

Common words with this character

pole
caddie
a steelyard
bacillus

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 杆 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 杆子 and 杆弟 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 杆.