Chinese Character 桿 Meanings and components.

Form

桿

Meaning

桿 meaning[3] in English

Stick.

Pole.

Lever.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 桿 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Mu (木) , and drought (旱)

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

In cangjie it is written with DAMJ

How to write 桿

To write桿gan3stick you should write a combination of 木mu4surname Mu , 旱han4drought arranged in a 吅 shape:

木 + 旱 = 桿

桿 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

桿
Pinyin:gan3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Stick . Pole . Lever . Classifier For Long Objects Such As Guns
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
旱
Pinyin:han4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Drought
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
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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