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Search Terms: *竿*

Dictionary results(showing 21 results)


noun
1.
rod, pole
2.
neck (of a shamisen, etc.), shamisen(esp. 棹)
3.
beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance)
4.
single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese)
5.
penis(slang)
counter
6.
counter for flags (on poles), counter for long, thin Japanese sweets (e.g. yōkan)
Other readings:
【さお】

noun
one pole (esp. used for fishing poles), one rod

noun
flail (for threshing grain)
Other readings:
殻竿【からさお】
連枷【からざお】
連枷【からさお】
連枷【れんか】
唐竿【からざお】
唐竿【からさお】
唐棹【からざお】
唐棹【からさお】
連架【れんか】

suffix, counter
counter for poles, rods, etc.

noun
2.
street light
See also:街灯
Other readings:
竿灯【かんとう】

noun
letter, missive, note(archaism)
Other readings:
簡牘【かんとく】
竿牘【かんどく】
竿牘【かんとく】

noun
women who have had sex with the same man, pole sisters(vulgar, slang)
See also:穴兄弟

noun
bamboo pole
Other readings:
竿竹【さおだけ】

noun, auxillary suru verb, intransitive verb
bolting upright, rearing up (horse)
Other readings:
竿立ち【さおだち】

noun
beam balance, steelyard
Other readings:
棹秤【さおばかり】

noun
a jointed fishing rod
Other readings:
継竿【つぎざお】

noun
fishing rod
Other readings:
釣り竿【つりざお】
釣りざお【つりざお】
釣ざお【つりざお】

noun
birdlime-covered pole
See also:鳥刺
Other readings:
鳥刺竿【とりさしざお】

noun
1.
flagstaff, flagpole
2.
arabis (any plant of genus Arabis, esp. tower mustard, Arabis glabra), rock cress(usually kana)
Other readings:
旗ざお【はたざお】

noun
the highest state of one's enlightenment, the highest level one can attain(yojijukugo)
Other readings:
百尺竿頭【ひゃくしゃくかんとう】

noun
lime stick for catching insects

noun
pole on which to hang laundry for drying, clothesline
Other readings:
物干竿【ものほしざお】

Kanji results(showing 1 results)


竿
Written with 9 strokes
Jinmeiyou Kanji (used in names)
Common kanji
pole, rod, scale beam, violin neck
KUN:
  • さお
    sao
ON:
  • カン
    kan