竿
Meanings
Noun
1. rod; pole
2. neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen (esp. 棹)
3. beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance)
4. single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese)
Counter
6. counter for flags (on poles); counter for long, thin Japanese sweets (e.g. yōkan)
Other spellings
棹
Kanji used
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
さお
Used in vocabulary
のべ竿
fishing rod with the line connected to the tip (i.e. without a reel or guides); fishing rod made of a single piece of bamboo; one-piece shamisen neck
Noun