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龛
龕
kān
1. niche
2. shrine
Very Common • Top 6%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

龛
kān
niche, shrine
11 丶

Compound Words (5)

佛龛
fókān
niche for statue (esp. Buddhist, Christian etc)
壁龛
bìkān
niche (in a wall)
龛影
kānyǐng
niche as shown in an X-Ray (medicine)
龙龛手镜
LóngkānShǒujìng
see [[龍龕手鑑|龙龛手鉴<LóngkānShǒujiàn>]]
龙龛手鉴
LóngkānShǒujiàn
Longkan Shoujian, Chinese character dictionary from 997 AD containing 26,430 entries, with radicals placed into 240 rhyme groups and arranged according to the four tones, and the rest of the characters similarly arranged under each radical

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Character Frequency Rank
4,014
Word Frequency Rank
4,815 of 84,292

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