gān

bamboo pole

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
⺮ meaning component

  Meaning component

zhú

  

bamboo

⺮ is a component form of .

干 sound component

  Sound component

gāngàn

  

interfere

Evolution

竿 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
竿 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
竿 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

竿  

gān

bamboo pole; penis; pole

Most common words with 竿
Freq.
Word
Meaning

竿

pole

立竿见影

quick results

鱼竿

fishing rod

竿子

bamboo pole

钓竿

fishing rod