竿 gān bamboo pole
怎么记住“竿”: 𥫗 bamboo + 干 do = bamboo pole. Grandpa cuts a stalk of bamboo, dries it in the sun like his own father used to do, and goes fishing with his new bamboo pole.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
竿 = 𥫗 bamboo + 干 do
- 𥫗 bamboo meaning
- 干 do sound
Grandpa cuts a stalk of bamboo, dries it in the sun like his own father used to do, and goes fishing with his new bamboo pole.
How it came to be
Bamboo gives the meaning and the part below the sound.
用法
- A bamboo pole: 竹竿 (zhúgān) bamboo pole, 钓竿 (diàogān) fishing rod, 旗竿 (qígān) flagpole.
- 立竿见影 (lìgān-jiànyǐng), stand the pole and see its shadow, means to get instant results; 百尺竿头，更进一步 (bǎichǐ-gāntóu…) means to strive still higher from an already high point.