竿

竿
ga̅n = g + an1
pole
竿 = ⺮ + 干 : Guy Fawkes (g) wants to enjoy his dried fruit (干) in front of the anthill (an1), but the ants try to enjoy his dried fruit as well. He has to climb to the top of a pole (竿) and fend off the ants with a bamboo stick (⺮) in order to save his dried fruit.

竿 character breakdown

⺮
zhú = zhu + Ø2
"bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 118)
Mnemonic symbol: a bamboo stick.

Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is cooking bamboo shoots in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). He's cooking them in a large pot and stirs them with a bamboo stick (⺮).
干
乹
ga̅n = g + an1
old variant of 乾|干[gan1]
干
亁
ga̅n = g + an1
variant of 乾|干[gan1]
干
ga̅n = g + an1
(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with / one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian gan1] / (archaic) shield
干
幹
gàn = g + an4
tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed
干 = 一 + 十 : Guy Fawkes (g) is working (干) out in the anthill's bathroom (an4). He's lifting a flute (一) in one hand and a cross (十) in the other.
干
乾
ga̅n = g + an1
dry / dried food / empty; hollow / taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster / futile; in vain / (dialect) rude; blunt / (dialect) to cold-shoulder
干 = 一 + 十 : Mnemonic symbol: dried fruit.

Guy Fawkes (g) is drying (干) his clothes in front of the anthill (an1). He hangs them on a large construction made from a cross (十) and a flute (一). Waiting for his clothes to dry, he snacks dried fruit (mnemonic symbol for 干).

Characters with 竿 as component

竿 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 竿

鱼
魚
竿
竿
fishing rod
竿
子
bamboo pole / CL:根[gen1],個|个[ge4]
竹
竿
bamboo / bamboo pole
钓
釣
竿
竿
fishing rod / CL:根[gen1]
立
立
竿
竿
见
見
影
影
lit. set up a pole and see the shadow (idiom); fig. instant effect / quick results
百
百
尺
尺
竿
竿
头
頭
to be at the highest level of enlightenment (Buddhist expression)
竿
竿
头
頭
bamboo pole's uppermost tip / (fig.) acme
马
馬
竿
竿
lasso pole / blind man's stick / white stick
球
竿
cue (billiards) / club (golf) / stick (hockey)
百
百
尺
尺
竿
竿
头
頭
，
，
,
更
更
尽
盡
一
一
步
步
lit. hundred foot pole, progress still further (idiom); fig. much accomplished, still some work to do / to continue to further successes / not to rest on one's laurels
爬
竿
pole-climbing (as gymnastics or circus act) / climbing pole

Sentences with 竿

竿 currently does not appear in any sentence.