gǎn

straw

Dried  grain stalks  also provides the pronunciation

Components
禾 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

grain stalk

旱 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

hàn

  

drought

Evolution

稈 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
稈 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
稈 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
稈 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
稈 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

gǎn

stalk of grain; straw; stalks of grain

Most common words with 稈
Freq.
Word
Meaning

stalks of grain

秸秆

straw