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(Trad.: 埳)
Pinyin: kǎn
English Definition: pit; threshold; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦 , symbolizing water; ☵; old variant of ; pit; hole
Chinese Definition:
①低陷不平的地方,坑穴:坎井之蛙(喻知识浅陋的人)。坎坷。
②自然形成或人工修筑的台阶状东西:土坎。田坎。
③八卦之一,代表水。
④指最紧要的地方或时机,当口儿:这话可说到坎儿上了。
⑤指坏运气或被迫的处境:今年是他的坎儿。
⑥同“槛”。
Total strokes: 7; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (earth) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ ] soil, earth; items made of earth
    • [ qiàn ] to lack, to owe; to breathe, to yawn
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Example Words
坎坷 kǎn bumpy (of a road); rough (of life); to be down on one's luck; to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes
心坎 xīn kǎn bottom of one's heart
坎肩 kǎn jiān sleeveless jacket (usually cotton); Chinese waistcoat
布坎南 kǎn nán Buchanan (surname)
门坎 mén kǎn variant of 门槛
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Example Sentences
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I'm in Cumberland as I write this.
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But unlike the capital, Kanpur does not have clean drinking water delivered from upstream.
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Elkan and his colleagues plan to document the tiang' s seasonal movement over eight to ten years.