Pinyin "kan1"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "kan1" is split up into two parts: "k" and "an1". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "k"

K is for Karl Marx.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "an1"

In front of the anthill.

Characters pronounced kan1

刊
ka̅n = k + an1
to print / to publish / publication / periodical / to peel with a knife / to carve / to amend
刊 = 刂 + 干 : Later in his life Karl Marx (k) turned more to the artsy side. He peeled (刊) dried fruits (干) with a kitchen knife (刂), squeezed the pulp into empty books and published (刊) them in front of the anthill (an1).
刊
栞
ka̅n = k + an1
old variant of 刊[kan1] / to peel with a knife / to carve / to amend
刊 = 刂 + 干 : Later in his life Karl Marx (k) turned more to the artsy side. He peeled (刊) dried fruits (干) with a kitchen knife (刂), squeezed the pulp into empty books and published (刊) them in front of the anthill (an1).
看
ka̅n = k + an1
to look after / to take care of / to watch / to guard
堪
ka̅n = k + an1
to endure / may / can
堪 = 土 + 甚 : Karl Marx (k) built a burrow made out of clay (土) in front of the anthill (an1) to resist the extremist (甚), but he doesn't know for how much longer he'll be able to endure (堪) the extremist's lamenting.
勘
ka̅n = k + an1
to investigate / to survey / to collate
勘 = 力 + 甚 : Karl Marx (k) is chatting with an extremist (甚) in front of the anthill (an1) and would like to investigate (勘) that the power button (力) on the extremist's girdle is supposed to do.
戡
ka̅n = k + an1
kill / suppress
龛
龕
ka̅n = k + an1
niche / shrine