杆
gǎngān HSK6

pole

杆 (桿) gǎn frequency
classifier measure word
classifier for long objects such as guns

士兵手里拿着一杆步枪。

shì​bīng shǒu lǐ ná zhe yī gǎn bù​qiāng.

The soldier was holding a rifle.

pole noun
a stick, pole, or lever

他用一根木杆拨开了草丛。

tā yòng yī gēn mù gǎn bō​kāi le cǎo​cóng.

He pushed aside the grass with a wooden pole.

杆 gān
pole noun

旗杆上挂着国旗。

qí gān shàng guà zhe guó​qí.

The national flag is hanging on the flagpole.

Cross-References

Classifier

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,011th most common 35.9 per million
Movie subtitles
1,792nd most common 27.8 per million appears in 11% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
22.8 per million appears in 5% of films
Written text
58.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Traditional
桿
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+6746

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)