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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
gān - pole
- CL:條|条[tiao2],根[gen1]
gǎn - stick
- pole
- lever
- classifier for long objects such as guns

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 6 2,946 2,179 6,762

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Wood

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 6 2,946 2,179 6,762
栏杆 - 8 10,900 16,261 17,539
杆菌 - - 13,323 10,869 32,591
杆子 - - 15,078 40,201 27,819
旗杆 - - 16,907 34,850 46,631
电线杆 - - 18,206 22,506 19,489
杠杆 6 - 20,533 13,543 22,640
桅杆 - - 24,361 44,653 53,490
操纵杆 - - 24,499 64,478 78,725
推杆 - - 28,441 28,792 55,134
撑杆跳 - - 32,241 69,801 86,985
大肠杆菌 - - 35,208 19,051 32,740
标杆 - - 35,998 22,198 22,631
腰杆 - - 37,836 41,900 29,630
吊杆 - - 45,231 80,688 118,755
笔杆子 - - 51,294 73,369 61,964
枪杆 - - 53,552 67,968 93,855
拉杆 - - 55,694 29,311 14,493
电杆 - - 62,878 37,724 35,387
变速杆 - - 66,674 - -