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竿 = 干 + 竹

竿 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “pole”. It is built from 干 (dry) and 竹 (bamboo). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2676.

Keyword
pole
RTK frame
2676
Strokes
9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
カン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
さお
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
полюс
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
竿 bamboo pole

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 干 dry
  2. 竹 bamboo

How to find 竿 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “dry” + “bamboo”. 竿 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 竿 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.