Usage of the character 龛
kān
龛
[龕]
- (bound form) niche; shrine
fókān
佛龛
[佛龕]
- niche for statue (esp. Buddhist, Christian etc)
bìkān
壁龛
[壁龕]
- niche (in a wall)
kānyǐng
龛影
[龕影]
- (radiography) the shadow of a peptic ulcer in a barium-swallow X-ray
shénkān
神龛
[神龕]
- shrine; niche; household shrine
gǔhuīkān
骨灰龛
[骨灰龕]
- columbarium
Lóngkān Shǒujiàn
龙龛手鉴
[龍龕手鑑]
- Longkan Shoujian, Chinese character dictionary from 997 AD containing 26,430 entries, with radicals placed into 240 rhyme groups and arranged according to the four tones, and the rest of the characters similarly arranged under each radical
Lóngkān Shǒujìng
龙龛手镜
[龍龕手鏡]
- see 龍龕手鑑／龙龛手鉴 ( Lóngkān Shǒujiàn)