杆 (gān): pole, CL:條|条,根, stick
杆 (gān) is a Chinese character meaning “pole.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (semantic) and 干 (phonetic). It ranks #1983 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 杆 wood. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 本 (běn, (bound form) root), 机 (jī, machine, opportunity), 条 (tiáo, strip).
Definitions
- pole
- CL:條|条,根
- stick
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 栏杆 | lán gān | railing |
| 杆菌 | gǎn jūn | bacillus (any rod-shaped bacteria) |
| 杆子 | gān zi | pole |
| 旗杆 | qí gān | flagpole |
| 电线杆 | diàn xiàn gān | electric pole |
| 杠杆 | gàng gǎn | lever |
| 桅杆 | wéi gān | mast |
| 操纵杆 | cāo zòng gǎn | joystick |
| 推杆 | tuī gān | push rod or tappet (mechanics) |
| 撑杆跳 | chēng gān tiào | pole-vaulting |
| 标杆 | biāo gān | surveyor's pole |
| 大肠杆菌 | dà cháng gǎn jūn | Escherichia coli (E. coli) |
| 腰杆 | yāo gǎn | (a person's) back (usu. as sth one keeps straight) |
| 吊杆 | diào gān | a boom (i.e. transverse beam for hanging objects) |
| 笔杆子 | bǐ gǎn zi | pen |
杆 appears in 89 compound words: 4 as the first character, 54 as the last, and 42 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 杆 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Example Sentences
秋风起，杆叶变黄，铺满了林间小路。
qiū fēng qǐ , gān xié biàn huáng , pù mǎn le lín jiān xiǎo lù .
Autumn winds rise, Leaves turn yellow, Carpeted along the forest path.
开杠杆资产狂翻51倍!740万怎么滚成3.8亿...
kāi gàng gān zī chǎn kuáng fān 5 1 bèi ! 7 4 0 wàn zěn má gǔn chéng 3 . 8 yì . . .
Leveraged assets soared 51 times! How to roll 7.4 million into 380 million...
幽门杆菌粪便检测 吃成药恐测不准
yōu mén gān jūn fèn biàn jiǎn cè chī chéng yào kǒng cè bù zhǔn
Helicobacter stool test Eating over-the-counter medicine may not be accurate
毒驾狂飙撞断电杆酿高雄停电 台电证实波及逾3百户
dú jià kuáng biāo zhuàng duàn diàn gān niàng gāo xióng tíng diàn tái diàn zhèng shí bō jí yú 3 bǎi hù
Drug driving crashed into a power pole and caused a power outage in Kaohsiung Taipower confirmed that it affected more than 300 households
高雄大寮毒驾冲撞警车 拦腰撞断电杆男女就逮
gāo xióng dà 寮 dú jià chōng zhuàng jǐng chē lán yāo zhuàng duàn diàn gān nán nǚ jiù dǎi
Kaohsiung Daliao's drug driver crashed into a police car and stopped the waist and broke the power pole and arrested the man and woman
高雄电线杆公车站牌贴纸 破损严重待改善
gāo xióng diàn xiàn gān gōng chē zhàn pái tiē zhǐ pò sǔn yán chóng dài gǎi shàn
Kaohsiung telephone pole bus stop stickers are seriously damaged and need to be improved
他的单车撞上了栏杆。
Tā de dānchē zhuàng shàng le lángān.
His bike ran into a guard-rail.
那是一个很棒的推杆。
Nàshi yī gè hěn bàng de tuīgān.
That was an excellent putt.
我们的栏杆是铁做的。
Wǒmen de lángān shì tiě zuò de.
Our fence is made of iron.
很多人跳过栏杆，还丢垃圾。
Hěn duō rén tiào guo lángān, hái diū lājī.
A lot of people climb the railing, and even litter.
Character Family
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