Memory phrase for the Kanji: 竿

竿

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Meaning

pole, mast, stick/club

Pronunciation

 gān

Explanation

 Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: dry 干 (laundry rack)

Mnemonic
When bamboo becomes a laundry rack, you use it as a pole.

Radicals

竹 bamboo
干 dry
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Vocabulary

 竿子  gān zi  bamboo pole
 竿子  gān zi  
 鱼竿  yú gān  fishing rod
 桅竿  wéi gān  ship mast; mast
 桅竿  wéi gān  

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