坎 meaning - Chinese-English Dictionary

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MEANING OF 坎

坎

Definition pit / threshold

坎 [ ] pit / threshold / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing water / ☵
坎(埳) [ ] old variant of 坎[kan3] / pit / hole

Pinyin

Zhuyin ㄎㄢˇ, ㄎㄢˋ

Jyutping ham2

Unicode 574e

Radical 土

Usage

Input Method Wubi( fqwy ) Cangjie( gno ) Zhengma( bro ) Four Corner( 47182 )

Same Pronunciation 砍侃 (kǎn)

STROKE ORDER

COMMON WORDS WITH 坎
	坎坷 kǎn kě bumpy (of a road) / rough (of life) / to be down on one's luck / to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes

	门坎 ( 門坎 ) mén kǎn variant of 門檻\|门槛[men2 kan3] ( 門坎 )

	心坎 xīn kǎn bottom of one's heart

	坎儿 ( 坎兒 ) kǎn r critical juncture / key moment ( 坎兒 )

	坎贝尔 ( 坎貝爾 ) Kǎn bèi ěr Campbell (name) ( 坎貝爾 )

	坎儿井 ( 坎兒井 ) kǎn r jǐng karez, qanat or "horizontal well" (irrigation and water management system used in Xinjiang, Central Asia and Middle East) ( 坎兒井 )

	坎特伯雷 Kǎn tè bó léi Canterbury

	博格坎普 bó gé kǎn pǔ Bergkamp

	坎肩 kǎn jiān sleeveless jacket (usually cotton) / Chinese waistcoat

	坎特 kǎn tè Cante / Canter / Kante / Kantor / Kanter

	坎尼 kǎn ní Canny / Canni / Kanny / Canney

	坎大哈 Kǎn dà hā Kandahar (town in Southern Afghanistan)

	坎帕拉 Kǎn pà lā Kampala, capital of Uganda

	坎德拉 kǎn dé lā candela (unit of luminosity) / standard candle

	土坎 tǔ kǎn earthen levee

	坎普 kǎn pǔ Camp / Kemp

	坎坷不平 kǎn kě bù píng potholed and bumpy road (idiom); fig. full of disappointment and dashed hopes

	坎子 kǎn zi raised ground / bank

	坎农 ( 坎農 ) kǎn nóng Cannon ( 坎農 )

	布恩坎普 bù ēn kǎn pǔ Bounkamp