| 3369 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 3259 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2288 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 25854 | Morohashi |
| 4250 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2632 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2676 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2416 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 竿 【カン】 counter for poles, rods, etc.
- 竿頭 【カントウ】 top of a pole
- 一竿 【イッカン】 one pole (esp. used for fishing poles), one rod
- 三竿 【サンカン】 broad daylight
Kun reading compounds
- 竿 【さお】 rod, pole, neck (of a shamisen, etc.), shamisen, beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance), single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese), penis, counter for flags (on poles), counter for long, thin Japanese sweets (e.g. yōkan)
- 竿姉妹 【さおしまい】 women who have had sex with the same man, pole sisters
- 殻竿 【からざお】 flail (for threshing grain)
Readings
- Korean:
- gan
Spanish
- palo
- barra
- vara
- caña
Portuguese
French
| 6f3.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-3 | SKIP code |
| 8840.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-40 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7aff | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō variant of a jōyō kanji, used in names
2456 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 灯 【トウ】 light, lamp, counter for electric lights
- 灯台 【トウダイ】 lighthouse, old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it
- 消灯 【ショウトウ】 putting out the lights, turning off the lights
- 提灯 【チョウチン】 paper lantern, Chinese lantern, Japanese lantern
Kun reading compounds
- 灯涼し 【ひすずし】 coolness of distant twinkling lights (on a summer night)
- 灯点し頃 【ひともしごろ】 early evening, dusk, lamp-lighting time, lighting-up time
- 灯火 【ともしび】 light, lamp, torch
- 灯す 【ともす】 to light (a candle, lamp, etc.), to turn on (a light)
Readings
- Korean:
- deung
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 485 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 2800 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1378 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 998 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 19402 | Morohashi |
| 1083 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3476 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2972 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2978 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 4d2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-12 | SKIP code |
| 9281.8 | Four corner code |
| 1-37-85 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 71c8 | Unicode hex code |