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kǎn = k + an3
see 赤崁樓|赤崁楼[Chi4 kan3 lou2]
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How to pronounce 崁

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= k initial

K is for Karl Marx.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ an3 final

In the anthill’s living room.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

崁 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
shān = sh + an1
mountain / hill / anything that resembles a mountain / CL:座[zuo4] / bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons / gable
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kǎn = k + an3
pit / threshold / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing water / ☵
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kǎn = k + an3
old variant of 坎[kan3] / pit / hole
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Characters with 崁 as component

崁 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 崁

Kanting township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan
Kanting township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan
Chihkan Tower (formerly Fort Provintia) in Tainan, Taiwan (also written 赤嵌樓|赤嵌楼[Chi4 kan3 lou2])

Sentences with 崁

崁 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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kǎn

see 赤崁樓|赤崁楼[Chi4 kan3 lou2]

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