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kān

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kān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kān | kan1
English translation
niche, shrine

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About kān

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Number of strokes

22

Traditional form

kān

Contains the radical

lóng

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

dragon

Etymology of kān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

合龍

Semantic compound

lóng

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Lóng represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of kān .

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Words with kān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
神龛 shén kān shrine神龕
kān niche kān
壁龛 bì kān niche (in a wall)壁龕
佛龛 fó kān niche for statue (esp. Buddhist, Christian etc)佛龕

kān Decomposition & Compounds

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