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坎
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hump

HSK 10
Human →Body
kǎn
カン
あな
감
Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 欠 represents the sound. Simplified form of 埳.
Components
土 earth+ 欠 deficient =
坎 hump
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
soil, earth
欠 Phonetic component
qiàn deficient
owe, lack, be deficient
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Notes
Similar Characters
压 oppress (simp)厓 precipice圩 dike圪 phonetic圬 plaster over with圮 ruined圯 bank地 ground/earth圳 furrow in field圹 prairie (simp)场 open space (simp)圻 border (alt)圼 圾 trash址 address坂 slope均 equal坊 workshop坌 earth坍 landslide
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
坎
Regular
Modern
Chinese
坎 [kǎn]
pit; threshold; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[bā​guà], symbolizing water; ☵
Japanese
坎 かん 同音

noun

  1. archaic pit; hole
  2. kan (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: water, north)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
坎 きた
Kita surname
CHINESE WORDS (53)
坎坷 [kǎn​kě] #16,353
bumpy (of a road)
布坎南 [Bù​kǎn​nán] #8,759
Buchanan (surname)
坎贝尔 [Kǎn​bèi​'ěr] #16,084
Campbell (name)
坎贝尔 [Kǎn​bèi​'ěr] #16,084
Campbell (name)
心坎 [xīn​kǎn] #22,949
bottom of one's heart
坎大哈 [Kǎn​dà​hā] #27,997
Kandahar (town in Southern Afghanistan)
坎特伯雷 [Kǎn​tè​bó​léi] #31,118
Canterbury
门坎 [mén​kǎn] #39,834
variant of 門檻|门槛[mén​kǎn]
门坎 [mén​kǎn] #39,834
variant of 門檻|门槛[mén​kǎn]
坎肩 [kǎn​jiān] #47,784
sleeveless jacket (usually cotton)
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JAPANESE WORDS (1)
轗軻 [かんか] #224,448
separation from the world