竿

Meanings

1. Noun

   rod; pole

2. Noun

   neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen

3. Noun

   beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance)

4. Noun

   single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese)

5. Noun

   penis

6. Counter

   counter for flags (on poles); counter for long, thin Japanese sweets (e.g. yōkan)

In Spanish

1. caña de bambú

Kanji in this word

• 竿

Example sentences

• 竿にシーツを全部干しました。

  I put all of the sheets to dry on the pole.

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• 彼は釣り竿でどう釣りをすればいいか知っている。

  He knows how to fish with a fishing rod.

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