杆
桿gǎn
#2,008 most
frequent character
stick, pole, lever
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
杆 uses 木 wood as its meaning part and 干 gàn as its sound part. It first meant a long staff made of wood. The sense widened to pole and lever; read gǎn, it counts long objects.
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