さお

竿

棹

[sao]

Meanings

1.Noun

rod; pole

2.Noun

neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen

3.Noun

beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance)

4.Noun

single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese)

5.Noun

penis

6.Counter

counter for flags (on poles); counter for long, thin Japanese sweets (e.g. yōkan)

物干し竿を設置しました。

I installed a clothes-drying pole.

天秤の竿が平衡を保っています。

The balance beam maintains equilibrium.

釣り竿を持って川に行きました。

I went to the river with a fishing rod.