Meaning
pole; measure for guns; stick; pole
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “gan” becomes a different word in each tone. 杆 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 杠杆gàng gǎnlever; pry bar; crowbar; financial leverage
- 栏杆lán gānrailing; banister
- 上杆shàng gānbackswing (golf)
- 杆子gān zipole
- 开杆kāi gān(of a snooker competition or golf tournament) to start; to kick off
Example Sentence
升旗的时候，国旗沿着旗杆缓缓升起。Shēng qí de shí hou, guó qí yán zhe qí gān huǎn huǎn shēng qǐ.During the flag-raising, the flag slowly rises along the flagpole.
升旗Shēng qíto raise a flag的deof时候shí houtime，国旗guó qíflag (of a country)沿着yán zheto go along旗杆qí gānflagpole缓缓huǎn huǎnslowly升起shēng qǐto raise。