竿 (gān): pole

Grandpa picked up his fishing rod, walked to the riverbank, and sat down quietly to wait for a fish to bite.

At the construction site, the workers stood up bamboo poles one by one and built a tall scaffold.

The clothes pole was full of freshly washed clothes, swaying gently in the wind.

He accidentally knocked off the crossbar during the high jump, and the judge ruled his attempt a failure.