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竿
Kanji meaning "pole, rod, scale beam"
Stroke order
Jiten frequency #2276
Jinmeiyou
Kanken Level 準1
RTK
KLC Volume 4
TMW Major Idol
9 strokes
Meanings
pole, rod, scale beam, violin neck
On'yomi
カン
Kun'yomi
さお
Stroke order
(9 strokes)
Composed of
竹
bamboo
radical
干
dry
Components and stroke order from
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Reading usage
さお
28 (39%)
ざお
22 (31%)
かん
20 (28%)
いくみ
1 (1%)
竿
(
さお
)
rod
#12484
竿先
(
さおさき
)
Saosaki
#99805
竿
(
さお
)
役
(
やく
)
character in erotica with a mainly penetrative role
#119507
竿
(
さお
)
立
(
だ
)
ち
bolting upright
#135165
竿
(
さお
)
姉
(
し
)
妹
(
まい
)
women who have had sex with the same man
#136163
竿
(
さお
)
竹
(
だけ
)
bamboo pole
#141045
長竿
(
ながさお
)
Nagasao
#162033
竿
(
さお
)
秤
(
ばかり
)
beam balance
#279285
竿尾
(
さおお
)
Sao
#349396
竿本
(
さおもと
)
Saomoto
#375724
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Most common words using this kanji
竿
(
さお
)
rod
#12484
釣
(
つ
)
り
竿
(
ざお
)
fishing rod
#32695
肉
(
にく
)
竿
(
ざお
)
penis
#41857
物
(
もの
)
干
(
ほ
)
し
竿
(
ざお
)
pole on which to hang laundry for drying
#52344
釣
(
つり
)
竿
(
ざお
)
fishing rod
#52865
竹
(
たけ
)
竿
(
ざお
)
bamboo pole
#93073
旗
(
はた
)
竿
(
ざお
)
flagstaff
#96548
竿先
(
さおさき
)
Saosaki
#99805
竿
(
さお
)
役
(
やく
)
character in erotica with a mainly penetrative role
#119507
竿
(
さお
)
立
(
だ
)
ち
bolting upright
#135165
竿
(
さお
)
姉
(
し
)
妹
(
まい
)
women who have had sex with the same man
#136163
竿
(
さお
)
竹
(
だけ
)
bamboo pole
#141045
物
(
もの
)
干
(
ほし
)
竿
(
ざお
)
pole on which to hang laundry for drying
#150239
長竿
(
ながさお
)
Nagasao
#162033
一
(
いっ
)
竿
(
かん
)
one pole (esp. used for fishing poles)
#168352
殻
(
から
)
竿
(
ざお
)
flail (for threshing grain)
#207897
百
(
ひゃく
)
尺
(
せき
)
竿
(
かん
)
頭
(
とう
)
the highest state of one's enlightenment
#208515
竿
(
かん
)
頭
(
とう
)
top of a pole
#224394
竿
(
かん
)
燈
(
とう
)
Kanto Festival (Akita)
#234670
延
(
の
)
べ
竿
(
ざお
)
fishing rod with the line connected to the tip (i.e. without a reel or guides)
#235316
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