kǎn

pit; threshold; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[bā guà], symbolizing water

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2Readings & Meanings

  • kǎnpit; threshold; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[bā guà], symbolizing water

4Common Words with

命途坎坷mìng tú kǎn kě

to have a tough life; to meet much adversity in one's life

土坎tǔ kǎn

earthen levee

土坎儿tǔ kǎn r

erhua variant of 土坎[tǔ kǎn]

坎儿kǎn r

critical juncture; key moment

坎儿井kǎn r jǐng

karez, qanat or "horizontal well" (irrigation and water management system used in Xinjiang, Central Asia and Middle East)

坎坎kǎn kǎn

(dialect) just now

Other Characters Pronounced “kan”