杆 gān pole
Made up of [木 mù wood; wooden radical 75, 干 gàn do; shield; to concern radical 51]Made with 7 strokes.
The wood radical gives the idea of something wooden, the second part is the phonetic 'gan'
Related characters
Also uses 木 mù component: 板 bǎn (board) 杯 bēi (cup) ; 本 běn (root) ; 菜 cài (vegetable) ; 彩 cǎi (color) ; 茶 chá (tea) ; 柴 chái (firewood) ; 床 chuáng (bed) ; 果 guǒ (fruit) ; 机 jī (machine) ; 禁 jìn (to prohibit) ; 禁 jìn (to prohibit) ; 桔 jú (tangerine) ; 棵 kē (of plants) ; 来 lái (arrive) ; 李 lǐ (plum) ; 梨 lí (pear) ; 林 lín (forest) ; 楼 lóu (multi-story building) ; 棋 qí (board game) ; 秦 qín (Qin) ; 亲 qīn (parent) ; 柔 róu (soft) ; 杀 shā (to kill) ; 树 shù (tree) ; 术 shù (method) ; 宋 song (Song) ; 条 tiáo (strip) ; 未 wèi (not yet) ; 闲 xián (to stay idle) ; 相 xiāng (each other) ; 校 xiào (school) ; 椅 yǐ (chair) ; 植 zhí (to plant) ; 枝 zhī (branch) ; 桌 zhuō (table)
Also uses 干 gàn component: 岸 àn (bank) 赶 gǎn (to overtake) ; 肝 gān (liver) ; 汗 hàn (perspiration) ; 刊 kān (to print) ; 年 nián (year)
Sounds same
甘 gān (pleasant) ; 肝 gān (liver)Different tone
赶 gǎn (to overtake) ; 干 gàn (do)Pronunciation
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