坎儿井

Traditional form:

坎兒井

Pinyin (reading):

kǎnrjǐng

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 坎 - pit, hole; to trap, to snare; crisis
• 儿 - son, child
• 井 - well, mine shaft, pit

Traditional characters:

• 坎 - pit, hole; to trap, to snare; crisis
• 兒 - son, child
• 井 - well, mine shaft, pit