竿 Stroke Order — How to Write 竿
竿 is written in 9 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical ⺮, then complete the remaining strokes.
Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.
竿 Radical and Character Components
竿 is a phono-semantic compound: ⺮ (bamboo) carries the meaning, while 干 indicates the sound.
Radical: ⺮ + 3 more strokes
竿 Pronunciation and Pinyin
- gān
Meanings of 竿 in Chinese
gān竿
Common Words and Phrases with 竿
More words with 竿
- diào钓gān竿A fishing rod.
- huá滑gān竿bamboo sedan chair, bamboo stretcher
- pá爬gān竿Pole climbing
- chēng撑gān竿tiào跳gāo高pole vault
- yú鱼gān竿fishing rod, fishing pole
- gān竿dú牍letters, correspondence
- zhú竹gān竿bamboo pole, bamboo stick
- cháng长gān竿long pole, long rod
- gāo篙gān竿punt pole, pole
- jǐ几gān竿several poles, a few poles
- gāo篙gān竿gāo篙gān杆punt pole, pole
Idioms with 竿
- gān竿tóu头rì日jìn进make continuous progress
- bǎi百chǐ尺gān竿tóu头reached a high level but still need to progress
- bǎi百zhàng丈gān竿tóu头pinnacle of achievement, strive for more
- gèng更jìn进yī一gān竿make further progress
- hóng红rì日sān三gān竿It's broad daylight; it's late morning
- jiē揭gān竿ér而qǐ起rise in rebellion
- jiē揭gān竿sì四qǐ起spontaneous popular uprising
- lì立gān竿jiàn见yǐng影to produce immediate results
- rì日chū出sān三gān竿The sun is high; it's late morning
- rì日shàng上sān三gān竿It's late morning, time to get up
- gān竿tóu头yī一bù步take a step further
- gān竿tóu头zhí直shàng上make rapid progress
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Open the tool →Questions about 竿
What does 竿 mean in Chinese?
竿 (gān) means “A pole, often made of bamboo” in Chinese.
How do you pronounce 竿?
竿 is pronounced gān in Mandarin Chinese.
How many strokes does 竿 have?
竿 has 9 strokes.
How do you write 竿?
竿 is written in 9 strokes, starting from the radical ⺮. See the animated stroke order on this page.
What is the radical of 竿?
The radical of 竿 is ⺮, and 竿 is a phono-semantic compound.