竿 , a Chinese measure word

For bamboo stalks, like 棵 or 株

• 一竿毛竹毛竹 máozhúone stalk of moso bamboo
• 一竿翠竹one stalk of green bamboo
• 一竿修竹one stalk of tall bamboo
• 两竿幽竹two stalks of secluded bamboo

相当于 棵 · 相当于 株

For figurative: the length of one pole Figurative

• 一竿残照one pole's length of fading sunlight

For dry tobacco pipefuls Regional

另见 竿 gǎn

For objects with a shaft, like guns

同 杆 · 另见 竿 gān