Phonosemantic compound. 龍 represents the meaning and 合 represents the sound.
Components
龍 Meaning component
dragon
Notes
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Similar Characters
嚨 throat (trad)壟 raised (trad)寵 dote on (trad)攏 draw near (trad)朧 moon (trad)瀧 raining (trad)瓏 a gem cut like dragon (trad)矓 fuzzy (trad)籠 cage (trad/jp)聾 deaf (trad)蘢 tall grass (trad)隴 mountain (trad)襲 raid (trad/jp)龐 huge (trad)龔 reverential (trad)仓 berth (simp)倉 storehouse (trad/jp)会 meet (jp)搿 to hug會 meet (trad)
Historical Evolution
龛
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
龛
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
龛
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
龛
Regular
Modern
Chinese
龛 / 龕 [kān]
niche; shrine
Japanese
noun
- niche for a Buddhist image; alcove
- miniature shrine for a Buddhist image
- portable shrine used to move a deceased person from their house to the graveyard (in Okinawa)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (7)
神龛 [shénkān] #43,925
shrine
壁龛 [bìkān] #56,330
niche (in a wall)
佛龛 [fókān] #52,791
niche for statue (esp. Buddhist, Christian etc)
骨灰龛 [gǔhuīkān]
columbarium
龙龛手镜 [LóngkānShǒujìng]
see 龍龕手鑑|龙龛手鉴[LóngkānShǒujiàn]
龙龛手鉴 [LóngkānShǒujiàn]
Longkan Shoujian, Chinese character dictionary from 997 AD containing 26,430 entries, with radicals placed into 240 rhyme groups and arranged according to the four tones, and the rest of the characters similarly arranged under each radical
龛影 [kānyǐng]
niche as shown in an X-Ray (medicine)
JAPANESE WORDS (7)
壁龕 [へきがん] #95,691
niche (in Western architecture)
龕灯 [がんどう] #113,114
Buddhist altar light
起龕 [きがん] #231,545
ceremonial removal of the coffin from the house (lay person) or temple (priest) (Zen Buddhism)
強盗提灯 [がんどうちょうちん] #254,135
flashlight-like lantern with a freely rotating candle that only directs light forward
強盗返し [がんどうがえし]
rotating stage machinery, which rolls backwards 90 degrees to reveal the next scene
龕像 [がんぞう]
Buddha figure carved into a rock
龕屋 [がんや]
place to store a body in a coffin before burial (Okinawa)