坎 kǎn

  1. kǎn noun a pit; a hole
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 坑 (ABC 'kǎn' 坎 n 1; Guoyu '坎'n 1; Kroll 2015 '坎' 1; NCCED '坎' 1; Unihan '坎')
  2. kǎn onomatopoeia kan-kan
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: The sound of striking an object or drumming (ABC 'kǎn' 坎 onom; Guoyu '坎' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '坎' 2)
  3. kǎn noun kan; the trigram for water
    Domain: Literature 文学 , Concept: Trigram 卦
    Notes: One of the 八卦 eight divinatory trigrams listed in the 易經 ”Book of Changes” (ABC 'kǎn' 坎 n 2; Guoyu '坎'n 2; Kroll 2015 '坎' 4; NCCED '坎' 2; Nylan 2001, p. 218)
  4. kǎn noun a candela
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Physics , Concept: Unit 单位
    Notes: Abbreviation for the unit for the intensity of light (NCCED '坎' 4)
  5. kǎn noun a bank; a ridge
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 土坎 (ABC 'kǎn' 坎 bf 1; NCCED '坎' 3)
  6. kǎn noun enigmatic language
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (ABC 'kǎn' 坎 n 3)
  7. kǎn noun a snare; a crisis; danger
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'kǎn' 坎 bf 2)
  8. kǎn proper noun Kan
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '坎'n 3)
  9. kǎn onomatopoeia kan-kan; sound of drumming
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '坎' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '坎' 3)

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赤坎区 、 赤坎 、 坎大哈 、 坎特伯雷 、 兰坎亨 、 坎迦姆 、 尤坎 、 坎塔布里亚 、 坎城 、 坎坷 、 坎塔布连海 、 坎达哈 、 阿尔坎塔拉 、 坎帕拉 、 坎大哈省 、 坎塔布连山脉

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