坎

kǎn = k + an3

pit / threshold / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing water / ☵

Add a new mnemonic for 坎 = 土 + 欠

kǎn = k + an3

old variant of 坎[kan3] / pit / hole

Add a new mnemonic for 坎 = 土 + 欠

Add a new mnemonic for 埳 = 土 + 臽

坎 character breakdown

坎
- 土
  - 一
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
- 欠
  - 人
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - ⺈

tǔ = tu + Ø3

Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu

Add a new mnemonic for 土 = 十 + 一

tǔ = tu + Ø3

earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

Add a new mnemonic for 土 = 十 + 一

土 = 十 + 一 : Tommy Turtle (tu) wants to fix a cross (十) on a flute (一) in the space station's living room (Ø3). He uses dust and clay (土) to hold them together.

qiàn = qi + an4

to owe / to lack / (literary) to be deficient in / (bound form) yawn / to raise slightly (a part of one's body)

Add a new mnemonic for 欠 = ⺈ + 人

欠 = ⺈ + 人 : The Queen of Hearts (qi) is pretty annoyed by Neanderthal Man (人), who is quarreling with the crane (⺈) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). Neanderthal Man (人) owes the crane money, and the crane is waving with his IOU note (mnemonic symbol for 欠).

Characters with 坎 as component

kǎn = k + an3

see 赤崁樓|赤崁楼[Chi4 kan3 lou2]

Add a new mnemonic for 崁 = 山 + 坎

kǎn = k + an3

camphane C10H18

Add a new mnemonic for 莰 = 艹 + 坎

Words with 坎

r

critical juncture / key moment

potholed and bumpy road (idiom); fig. full of disappointment and dashed hopes

r

erhua variant of 土坎[tu3 kan3]

r

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

(dialect) just now

full of trouble and misfortune (usu. referring to someone's life)

Cannes, France (Tw)

Canberra, capital of Australia (Tw)

Cantabria in north Spain

to have a tough life / to meet much adversity in one's life

earthen levee

Sentences with 坎

坎 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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