bamboo pole
A long, straight pole made from bamboo, used for hanging laundry, as a carrying pole, or in traditional construction.
Hang the laundry on a bamboo pole.
At the festival, we hung a lantern from the end of a bamboo pole.
Standard kanji spelling.
Search-only form using the less common 棹 character.
Search-only form; 竿 is replaced by kana for easier lookup.
Compound of 竹 (たけ, 'bamboo') and 竿 (さお, 'pole'). The reading ざお is a rendaku form of さお.