棒 means “stick, pole, rod”

ぼう · bou

Also: cane

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ボウ

JLPT N2 · Taught in grade 6 · 12 strokes

The story

Wood (木) beside 奉, holding something up in both hands: a staff held out. 棒 is a stick or pole, 鉄棒 the iron bar in Japanese schoolyards, and a 相棒, partner, was first the one carrying the other end of a palanquin pole.

Used in 鉄棒 (tetsubou, horizontal bar), 泥棒 (dorobou, thief), and 相棒 (aibou, partner)

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.