杆gān
pole, staff. 7 strokes, radical 木, first met in HSK 6.
Pinyin gānStrokes 7Radical 木Band HSK 6Words 1
How to write 杆
Strokes 1–4 write 木, then strokes 5–7 write 干.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 杆 · the stroke-order rules
What 杆 is made of
木 (mù, tree) and 干 (gàn, arid).
木 carries the meaning — wood — and 干 carries the sound.
Words that use 杆
| 杆 | pole, staff 指细长的棍状物 护旗手将国旗升上笔直旗杆。The flag-bearer raised the national flag up the straight pole. Lesson 580, 立足岗位 · 笃行固本与筑基致远 · Solid Roots & High-Tech Aspirations |
Characters that share the sound part 干
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 木
All 67 of them, and what the radical means, on the 木 radical page.