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堪
kān
1. to endure
2. may
3. can
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 12 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

堪
kān
to endure; adequate, capable, worthy
HSK 6 12 丶

Compound Words (20)

不堪
bùkān
cannot bear
HSK 6
可堪
kěkān
how can one endure?
堪忧
kānyōu
worrying
堪称
kānchēng
can be rated as
堪虞
kānyú
worrisome
堪舆
kānyú
geomancy
难堪
nánkān
hard to take
HSK 6
堪培拉
Kānpéilā
Canberra, capital of Australia
堪察加
Kānchájiā
Kamchatka (peninsula of Russian Pacific)
堪萨斯
Kānsàsī
Kansas, US state
不堪一击
bùkānyījī
to be unable to withstand a single blow
不堪入目
bùkānrùmù
unbearable to look at
不堪忍受
bùkānrěnshòu
unbearable
凌乱不堪
língluànbùkān
in a terrible mess (idiom)
堪萨斯州
Kānsàsīzhōu
Kansas, US state
情何以堪
qínghéyǐkān
how can this be endured! (idiom)
拥挤不堪
yōngjǐbùkān
overcrowded
狼狈不堪
lángbèibùkān
battered and exhausted
破败不堪
pòbàibùkān
crushed
堪察加半岛
KānchájiāBàndǎo
Kamchatka peninsula

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,810
Word Frequency Rank
2,798 of 84,292

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