Chinese Character 杆 Meanings and components.

Form

杆

Meaning

杆 meaning[3] in English

Pole.

Cl:條|条[Tiao2],根[Gen1].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 杆 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Mu (木) , and old variant of … (干)

Its radical[1] is: 木 (mu4) which means: Surname Mu, .木mu4surname Mu

In cangjie it is written with DMJ

How to write 杆

To write杆gan1pole you should write a combination of 木mu4surname Mu , 干gan4old variant … arranged in a 吅 shape:

木 + 干 = 杆

杆 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 杆 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 杆, looks as follow:

杆
Pinyin:gan1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Pole . Cl:條|条[Tiao2],根[Gen1]
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
干
Pinyin:gan4
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 乾|干[Gan1]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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