Usage of the character 坎
kǎn
坎
[埳]
- old variant of 坎 (kǎn)
- pit
- hole
kǎn
坎
[坎]
- pit
- threshold
- one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦 (bāguà), symbolizing water
- ☵
Chìkǎn
赤坎
[赤坎]
- Chikan District of Zhanjiang City 湛江市 ( Zhànjiāng Shì), Guangdong
kǎnkě
坎坷
[坎坷]
- (of a road) bumpy; (of life) rough; to be down on one's luck; to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes
kēngkǎn
坑坎
[坑坎]
- uneven (road)
- depression (in terrain)
kǎnzi
坎子
[坎子]
- raised ground
- bank
kǎnjiān
坎肩
[坎肩]
- sleeveless jacket (usually cotton)
- Chinese waistcoat
kǎnr
坎儿
[坎兒]
- critical juncture
- key moment
tǔkǎn
土坎
[土坎]
- earthen levee
Kǎnchéng
坎城
[坎城]
- (Tw) Cannes, France
kǎnqì
坎炁
[坎炁]
- (TCM) umbilical cord (used as medicine)
kǎnkǎn
坎坎
[坎坎]
- (dialect) just now
ménkǎn
门坎
[門坎]
- variant of 門檻／门槛 (ménkǎn)
Kǎnkūn
坎昆
[坎昆]
- Cancún
xīnkǎn
心坎
[心坎]
- bottom of one's heart
Yóukǎn
尤坎
[尤坎]
- Rjukan (city in Norway)
kǎnlǎn
坎𡒄
[坎壈]
- to meet with misfortune
ménkǎnr
门坎儿
[門坎兒]
- erhua variant of 門坎／门坎 (ménkǎn)
Kǎnpéilā
坎培拉
[坎培拉]
- Canberra, capital of Australia (Tw)
Kǎnpàlā
坎帕拉
[坎帕拉]
- Kampala, capital of Uganda
kǎnjiānr
坎肩儿
[坎肩兒]
- erhua variant of 坎肩 (kǎnjiān)
kǎnrjǐng
坎儿井
[坎兒井]
- karez, qanat or "horizontal well" (irrigation and water management system used in Xinjiang, Central Asia and Middle East)
Bùkǎnnán
布坎南
[布坎南]
- Buchanan (surname)
kǎndélā
坎德拉
[坎德拉]
- candela (unit of luminosity)
- standard candle
Kǎndàhā
坎大哈
[坎大哈]
- Kandahar (town in Southern Afghanistan)
tǔkǎnr
土坎儿
[土坎兒]
- erhua variant of 土坎 (tǔkǎn)
Kǎnbèi'ěr
坎贝尔
[坎貝爾]
- Campbell (name)
Chìkǎn Qū
赤坎区
[赤坎區]
- Chikan District of Zhanjiang City 湛江市 ( Zhànjiāng Shì), Guangdong
Kǎntǎbùlián
坎塔布连
[坎塔布連]
- Cantabria in north Spain
Kǎndàhāshěng
坎大哈省
[坎大哈省]
- Kandahar province of Afghanistan
kǎnkěbùpíng
坎坷不平
[坎坷不平]
- potholed and bumpy road (idiom); fig. full of disappointment and dashed hopes
Alìkǎntè
阿利坎特
[阿利坎特]
- Alicante
kǎnkěduōchuǎn
坎坷多舛
[坎坷多舛]
- full of trouble and misfortune (usu. referring to someone's life)
mìngtúkǎnkě
命途坎坷
[命途坎坷]
- to have a tough life
- to meet much adversity in one's life
Kǎntèbóléi
坎特伯雷
[坎特伯雷]
- Canterbury
Kǎntǎbùliánhǎi
坎塔布连海
[坎塔布連海]
- Bay of Biscay (Spanish: Mare Cantabrico)
Aěrkǎntǎlā
阿尔坎塔拉
[阿爾坎塔拉]
- Alcántara, municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
- Alcantara, Brazil space launch site
Kǎntǎbùlǐyà
坎塔布里亚
[坎塔布里亞]
- Cantabria, Spanish autonomous region, capital Santander 桑坦德 ( Sāngtǎndé)
Kǎntǎbùliánshānmài
坎塔布连山脉
[坎塔布連山脈]
- Cantabrian mountain range in north Spain dividing Asturias from Castilla-Leon
Kǎnbèi'ěrzhūrúcāngshǔ
坎贝尔侏儒仓鼠
[坎貝爾侏儒倉鼠]
- Campbell's dwarf hamster (Phodopus campbelli)
Kǎntèbóléi Gùshì Jí
坎特伯雷故事集
[坎特伯雷故事集]
- The Canterbury Tales, collection of stories by Geoffrey Chaucer 喬叟／乔叟 ( Qiáosǒu)