杆 gān pole
Made up of [木 mù wood; wooden radical 75, 干 gàn do; shield; to concern radical 51]Made with 7 strokes.
The wood radical gives the idea of something wooden, the second part is the phonetic 'gan'
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Also uses 木 mù component: 板 bǎn (board) 杯 bēi (cup) 本 běn (root) 菜 cài (vegetable) 彩 cǎi (color) 茶 chá (tea) 柴 chái (firewood) 床 chuáng (bed) 果 guǒ (fruit) 机 jī (machine) 禁 jìn (to prohibit) 禁 jìn (to prohibit) 桔 jú (tangerine) 棵 kē (of plants) 来 lái (arrive) 李 lǐ (plum) 梨 lí (pear) 林 lín (forest) 楼 lóu (multi-story building) 棋 qí (board game) 秦 qín (Qin) 亲 qīn (parent) 柔 róu (soft) 杀 shā (to kill) 树 shù (tree) 术 shù (method) 宋 song (Song) 条 tiáo (strip) 未 wèi (not yet) 闲 xián (to stay idle) 相 xiāng (each other) 校 xiào (school) 椅 yǐ (chair) 植 zhí (to plant) 枝 zhī (branch) 桌 zhuō (table)
Also uses 干 gàn component: 岸 àn (bank) 赶 gǎn (to overtake) 肝 gān (liver) 汗 hàn (perspiration) 刊 kān (to print) 年 nián (year)
Sounds same
甘 gān (pleasant) 肝 gān (liver)Different tone
赶 gǎn (to overtake) 干 gàn (do)Pronunciation
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