棍 gùn joins 木, wood, with 昆 kūn, which echoes the rhyme. The first sense was 'to restrain heavily.' The sense 'stick' or 'rod' came by sound loan, not from the wood part.
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Example Sentences
他用棍子打中了球。
tāyònggùnzidǎzhōngleqiú 。
He hit the ball with a stick.
在公园里，孩子们玩棍子。
zàigōngyuánlǐ ， háizǐménwángùnzi 。
In the park, the children are playing with sticks.