# 桿

| 桿 | U+687F, &#26751; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-687F |
| ← 桾 [U+687E] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 梀 → [U+6880] |

## Translingual
### Han character

桿 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木日一十 (DAMJ), four-corner 4694$_1$, composition ⿰木旱)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 527, character 23
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14823
* Dae Jaweon: page 916, character 16
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1213, character 2
* Unihan data for U+687F

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 訐 | *krads, *krads, *ked, *kad |
| 肝 | *kaːn |
| 竿 | *kaːn |
| 干 | *kaːn |
| 奸 | *kaːn |
| 玕 | *kaːn |
| 汗 | *kaːn, *ɡaːn, *ɡaːns |
| 迀 | *kaːn |
| 忓 | *kaːn, *ɡaːns |
| 鳱 | *kaːn |
| 邗 | *kaːn, *ɡaːn |
| 秆 | *kaːnʔ |
| 矸 | *kaːnʔ, *kaːns, *ɡaːns |
| 仠 | *kaːnʔ |
| 皯 | *kaːnʔ |
| 衦 | *kaːnʔ |
| 簳 | *kaːnʔ |
| 擀 | *kaːnʔ |
| 旰 | *kaːns |
| 盰 | *kaːns |
| 幹 | *kaːns |
| 杆 | *kaːns |
| 骭 | *kaːns, *ɡraːns |
| 桿 | *kaːnʔ |
| 趕 | *kaːnʔ |
| 稈 | *kaːnʔ |
| 刊 | *kʰaːn |
| 靬 | *kʰaːn, *kʰaːns, *kreːn, *kan |
| 衎 | *kʰaːnʔ, *kʰaːns |
| 犴 | *ŋaːn, *ŋaːns |
| 豻 | *ŋaːn, *ŋaːns, *ɦŋaːns, *ŋ̊ʰraːn |
| 頇 | *ŋaːns, *hŋaːn, *ŋaːd |
| 岸 | *ŋɡaːns |
| 鼾 | *qʰaːn, *ɢaːns |
| 罕 | *qʰaːnʔ, *qʰaːns |
| 焊 | *qʰaːnʔ, *ɡaːns |
| 蔊 | *qʰaːnʔ |
| 虷 | *ɡaːn |
| 旱 | *ɡaːnʔ |
| 皔 | *ɡaːnʔ |
| 釬 | *ɡaːns |
| 扞 | *ɡaːns |
| 閈 | *ɡaːns |
| 馯 | *ɡaːns, *kʰraːn |
| 捍 | *ɡaːns, *ɡraːnʔ |
| 悍 | *ɡaːns |
| 銲 | *ɡaːns |
| 垾 | *ɡaːns |
| 駻 | *ɡaːns |
| 睅 | *ɡʷranʔ |
| 娨 | *ɡraːns |
| 飦 | *kan |
| 赶 | *ɡan, *ɡʷad |
| 軒 | *qʰan |
| 蓒 | *qʰan |
| 酐 | *qʰaːŋʔ |
| 澣 | *ɡʷaːnʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kaːnʔ): semantic 木 + phonetic 旱 (OC *ɡaːnʔ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gǎn (gan$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gon$^1$ / gon$^2$ / gon$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kan / koáiⁿ
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$koe
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gǎn
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gǎn
*** Wade–Giles: kan$^3$
*** Yale: gǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaan
*** Palladius: гань (ganʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /kän²¹⁴/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gǎnr
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄢˇㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gǎnr
*** Wade–Giles: kan$^3$-ʼrh
*** Yale: gǎnr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaal
*** Palladius: ганьр (ganʹr)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɑɻ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gon$^1$ / gon$^2$ / gon$^3$
*** Yale: gōn / gón / gon
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gon$^1$ / gon$^2$ / gon$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gon$^1$ / gon$^2$ / gon$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɔːn⁵⁵/, /kɔːn³⁵/, /kɔːn³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan
*** Tâi-lô: kan
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kafn
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kan³³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koáiⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: kuáinn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kvoae
*** IPA (Taipei): /kuãi⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuãi⁴¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$koe
*** MiniDict: koe$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$koe
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kø³⁴/
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kaːnʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 桿 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3591 |
| Phonetic component | 干 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 笴 |
| Old Chinese | /*kaːnʔ/ |
| Notes | 笴今字 |

### Definitions

桿
* pole; stick; club; rod
* lever; handle
    操縱桿／操纵杆 ― cāozònggǎn ― joystick
       Shǒushāchēgǎn yǐ mósǔn. [Pinyin]
       The hand-brake lever is worn out.
* shaft; barrel
    槍桿／枪杆 ― qiānggǎn ― gun barrel
* Classifier for long, cylindrical objects, such as guns.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 支, 桿 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 支 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 支 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 支 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 支 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 支 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 支 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 支 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 支 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 支 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 桿 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 桿 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 支 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 支 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 把 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 把 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 把 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 把 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 把 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 支 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 把 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 支 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 支 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 支 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 支, 叢 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 支, 叢 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 支, 叢 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 支 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 支 |
| Note | 支 is also written as 枝 | 支 is also written as 枝 |

### Compounds

* 二桿子 / 二杆子
* 保險桿 / 保险杆 (bǎoxiǎngǎn)
* 光桿兒 / 光杆儿
* 光桿司令 / 光杆司令 (guānggǎn sīlìng)
* 大腸桿菌 / 大肠杆菌 (dàcháng gǎnjūn)
* 巴氏桿菌 / 巴氏杆菌
* 布氏桿菌 / 布氏杆菌
* 打槳桿 / 打桨杆
* 抱大足桿 / 抱大足杆
* 拉桿子 / 拉杆子
* 拿槍桿 / 拿枪杆
* 拿筆桿 / 拿笔杆
* 控制桿 / 控制杆 (kòngzhìgǎn)
* 推桿 / 推杆
* 旗桿 / 旗杆 (qígān)
* 杈桿兒 / 杈杆儿
* 桿兒 / 杆儿
* 桿兒上的 / 杆儿上的
* 桿弟 / 杆弟
* 桿撥 / 杆拨
* 桿棒 / 杆棒
* 桿秤 / 杆秤 (gǎnchèng)
* 桿菌 / 杆菌 (gǎnjūn)
* 桿錐 / 杆锥
* 棒狀桿菌 / 棒状杆菌 (bàngzhuàng gǎnjūn)
* 槓桿 / 杠杆 (gànggǎn)
* 槍桿 / 枪杆 (qiānggǎn)
* 槍桿子 / 枪杆子 (qiānggǎnzi)
* 槓桿定律 / 杠杆定律
* 標準桿 / 标准杆
* 清桿運動 / 清杆运动
* 測桿 / 测杆
* 煙袋桿兒 / 烟袋杆儿
* 痢疾桿菌 / 痢疾杆菌
* 白桿兵 / 白杆兵
* 秤桿 / 秤杆 (chènggǎn)
* 筆桿 / 笔杆 (bǐgǎn)
* 耍筆桿 / 耍笔杆 (shuǎ bǐgǎn)
* 肉毒桿菌 / 肉毒杆菌 (ròudúgǎnjūn)
* 腰桿子 / 腰杆子
* 電桿 / 电杆 (diàngǎn)
* 電線桿 / 电线杆 (diànxiàngǎn)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* stick

#### Readings

* Go-on: かん (kan)
* Kan-on: かん (kan)
* Kun: てこ (teko)

#### Compounds

* 操縦桿(そうじゅうかん) (sōjūkan, “(aviation) control stick”)

## Korean
### Hanja

桿 • (han) (hangeul 한, revised han, McCune–Reischauer han, Yale han)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

桿: Hán Việt readings: can, hãn
桿: Nôm readings: cán
* chữ Nôm form of cán (“handle”).