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坎
kǎn
1. pit
2. threshold
3. one of the Eight Trigrams [[八卦<bāguà>]], symbolizing water
4. [[☵]]
Very Common • Top 4% ✏️ 7 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

坎
kǎn
pit, hole; to trap, to snare; crisis
7 丶

Compound Words (20)

心坎
xīnkǎn
bottom of one's heart
尤坎
Yóukǎn
Rjukan (city in Norway)
坎坷
kǎnkě
bumpy (of a road)
土坎
tǔkǎn
earthen levee
坎儿
kǎnr
critical juncture
门坎
ménkǎn
variant of [[門檻|门槛<ménkǎn>]]
坎壈
kǎnlǎn
to meet with misfortune
坎子
kǎnzi
raised ground
坎昆
Kǎnkūn
Cancún
坎坎
kǎnkǎn
(dialect) just now
赤坎
Chìkǎn
Chikan district of Zhanjiang city [[湛江市<Zhànjiāngshì>]], Guangdong
坎肩
kǎnjiān
sleeveless jacket (usually cotton)
坑坎
kēngkǎn
uneven (road)
坎肩儿
kǎnjiānr
erhua variant of [[坎肩<kǎnjiān>]]
坎贝尔
Kǎnbèiěr
Campbell (name)
布坎南
Bùkǎnnán
Buchanan (surname)
坎德拉
kǎndélā
candela (unit of luminosity)
赤坎区
Chìkǎnqū
Chikan district of Zhanjiang city [[湛江市<Zhànjiāngshì>]], Guangdong
坎帕拉
Kǎnpàlā
Kampala, capital of Uganda
坎大哈
Kǎndàhā
Kandahar (town in Southern Afghanistan)

Alternate Entries

坎
kǎn
old variant of [[坎<kǎn>]] / pit / hole

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
2,445
Word Frequency Rank
3,164 of 84,292