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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)

难堪
nánkān
hard to take
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
不堪
bùkān
cannot bear
HSK 6
堪察加
Kānchájiā
Kamchatka (peninsula of Russian Pacific)
堪萨斯
Kānsàsī
Kansas, US state
堪培拉
Kānpéilā
Canberra, capital of Australia
不堪忍受
bùkānrěnshòu
unbearable
狼狈不堪
lángbèibùkān
battered and exhausted
拥挤不堪
yōngjǐbùkān
overcrowded
堪萨斯州
Kānsàsīzhōu
Kansas, US state
破败不堪
pòbàibùkān
crushed
凌乱不堪
língluànbùkān
in a terrible mess (idiom)
情何以堪
qínghéyǐkān
how can this be endured! (idiom)
不堪一击
bùkānyījī
to be unable to withstand a single blow
不堪入目
bùkānrùmù
unbearable to look at
堪察加柳莺
kānchájiāliǔyīng
(Chinese bird species) Kamchatka leaf warbler (Phylloscopus examinandus)

Metadata

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

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