扁担

Traditional form:

扁擔

Pinyin (reading):

biǎndan

Definitions:

• carrying pole
• shoulder pole
• CL:根 (gēn)

Characters:

• 扁 - flat; board, sign, tablet
• 担 - to bear, to carry; burden, responsibility

Traditional characters:

• 扁 - flat; board, sign, tablet
• 擔 - to bear, to carry; burden, responsibility