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坑
kēng
1. hole
2. pit
3. tunnel
4. to defraud
HSK 6 Very Common • Top 6% ✏️ 7 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

坑
kēng
pit, hole; to trap, to bury; to harry
HSK 6 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

俑坑
yǒngkēng
pit with funerary figures
凹坑
āokēng
concave depression
古坑
Gǔkēng
Gukeng or Kukeng township in Yunlin county [[雲林縣|云林县<Yúnlínxiàn>]], Taiwan
坑井
kēngjǐng
(mine) galleries and pits
坑人
kēngrén
to cheat sb
坑口
Kēngkǒu
Hang Hau (area in Hong Kong)
坑坎
kēngkǎn
uneven (road)
坑害
kēnghài
to trap
坑木
kēngmù
pit prop
坑杀
kēngshā
to bury alive
坑洞
kēngdòng
hole
坑爹
kēngdiē
(Internet slang) dishonest
坑洼
kēngwā
pothole
坑蒙
kēngmēng
to swindle
坑道
kēngdào
mine shaft
坑骗
kēngpiàn
to cheat
基坑
jīkēng
foundation groove
墓坑
mùkēng
tomb pit
大坑
dàkēng
Tai Hang District, Hong Kong
弹坑
dànkēng
bomb crater

Alternate Entries

坑
kēng
variant of [[坑<kēng>]] / pit / hole
HSK 6

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,241
Word Frequency Rank
4,820 of 84,292

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