Chinese Word Entry

Simplified Chinese form:

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢˇ
Mandarin (Pinyin): gǎn
Cantonese (Jyutping): gon1
Definitions:
  1. stick

  2. pole

  3. lever

  4. classifier for long objects such as guns


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Chinese characters used in this word

shield, pole, stick, club, pole as unit
Readings
Mandarin: ㄍㄢˇ (gǎn), ㄏㄢˋ (hàn)
Cantonese: gon2
Japanese: カン (kan)、 ガン (gan) / てこ (teko)、 ぽうる (pouru)
Korean: 한 (han), 간 (gan)
Vietnamese: can, cán, cản, hãn
Variants
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