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kǎn

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kǎn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kǎn | kan3
English translation
pit, hole; to trap, to snare; crisis

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About kǎn

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

kǎn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Transliterated name / 音译人名 Yīnyì rénmíng

Learning hint

earth

Etymology of kǎn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

土欠

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

qiàn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and qiàn represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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Example sentences using kǎn

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Shí léng kǎn dǐng shǎng yǒu dào ǎi 砖墙, 上面 shàng miàn shì 一道 yī dào 铁栏杆.

Upon the top of the bank was a low brick wall, surmounted by an iron railing.

shì tái 西已经 yǐjīng jià gěi 托姆·布坎南 Bù kǎn nán , ér 他们 tā men shì 之家”.

But Daisy is married to Tom Buchanan; and they are'the very rich '.

坎塞科因背部 bèi bù 受伤 shòushāng ér 三振出局 sān zhèn chū jú

Canseco, nursing a back injury, struck out.

电话 diàn huà 听筒 tīng tǒng 开始 kāishǐ 拨打 bō dǎ 莫里斯·坎贝尔 Kǎn bèi ěr de 号码 hàomǎ

She picked up the phone, and began to dial Maurice Campbell's number.

坎贝尔 Kǎn bèi ěr 公司 gōngsī de 总裁 zǒngcái 退休 tuìxiū Hòu 麦戈文 bèi 选定 xuǎn dìng wéi 继任者 jì rèn zhě

When the chairman of Campbell's retired, McGovern was named as his successor.

Words with kǎn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
kǎn pit kǎn
坎坷 kǎn kě bumpy (of a road)坎坷 kǎn kě
布坎南 Bù kǎn nán Buchanan (surname)布坎南 Bù kǎn nán
坎贝尔 Kǎn bèi ěr Campbell (name)坎貝爾
心坎 xīn kǎn bottom of one's heart心坎 xīn kǎn
坎大哈 Kǎn dà hā Kandahar (town in Southern Afghanistan)坎大哈 Kǎn dà hā
坎特伯雷 Kǎn tè bó léi Canterbury坎特伯雷 Kǎn tè bó léi
门坎 mén kǎn doorstep門坎
坎肩 kǎn jiān Chinese waistcoat坎肩 kǎn jiān
坎帕拉 Kǎn pà lā Kampala, capital of Uganda坎帕拉 Kǎn pà lā
坎大哈省 Kǎn dà hā shěng Kandahar province of Afghanistan坎大哈省 Kǎn dà hā shěng
坎儿井 kǎn r jǐng karez, qanat or "horizontal well" (irrigation and water management system used in Xinjiang, Central Asia and Middle East)坎兒井

kǎn Decomposition & Compounds

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