坎 - kǎn - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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坎

kǎn

Definition

pit
threshold
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing water
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Character Decomposition

Compounds (2)

camphane C10H18

see 赤崁楼

Related words (13)

坎儿

kǎn r

critical juncture; key moment

(dialect) just now

bumpy (of a road); rough (of life); to be down on one's luck; to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes

坎壈

kǎn lǎn

to meet with misfortune

raised ground; bank

sleeveless jacket (usually cotton); Chinese waistcoat

坎儿井

kǎn r jǐng

karez, qanat or "horizontal well" (irrigation and water management system used in Xinjiang, Central Asia and Middle East)

坎德拉

kǎn dé lā

candela (unit of luminosity); standard candle

坎坷多舛

kǎn kě duō chuǎn

full of trouble and misfortune (usu. referring to someone's life)

earthen levee

uneven (road); depression (in terrain)

心坎

xīn kǎn

bottom of one's heart

命途坎坷

mìng tú kǎn kě

to have a tough life; to meet much adversity in one's life

Idioms (1)

坎坷不平

kǎn kě bù píng

pot-holed and bumpy road (idiom); fig. full of disappointment and dashed hopes

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