坎

Information about character(s)

Radical: 土
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 4
Total Strokes: 7
Variants: 埳

Pronunciation

Pinyin: kǎn, kàn
Cantonese: ham1 ham2
JapaneseKun: ANA
JapaneseOn: KAN
Korean: KAM
Vietnamese: khảm

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: pit, hole; snare, trap; crisis

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

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a bank; a ridge
2.[Formal] a pit; a hole

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: bank; ridge

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: bank; ridge

湘雅醫學專業詞典: candela

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《土部》坎陷也。从土欠聲。

康熙字典文字版 【丑集中】【土字部】坎
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤苦感切，音欿。【說文】陷也，險也。又穴也。【易】卦名。【彖傳】習坎重險也。【說卦】坎爲水。　又穿穴以葬。【禮·檀弓】其坎深不至于泉。　又穿地以祭。【禮·祭義】祭月于坎。【祭法】相近于坎壇，祭寒暑也。【註】相近當作祖迎。　又擊物聲。【詩·𨻰風】坎其擊鼓，坎其擊缶。　又用力聲。【詩·魏風】坎坎伐檀兮。　又【爾雅·釋言】坎，律銓也。【註】坎卦主法律，所以銓量輕重。　又小罍謂之坎。　又星名。【星經】九坎九星，在牛星南，主溝渠水泉。　又地名。【左傳·僖二十四年】王遂出及坎欿。【註】周地。　又姓。宋附庸有坎氏。見【統譜】。　又【集韻】苦紺切，音勘。險岸也。　又叶苦簟切，音歉。【歐陽修·梅給事銘】困於翼飛，中垂且斂。一失其塗，進退以坎。　通埳。別作轗輱輡。

CF-Dict: levée de terre/cavité

Han-De-Dict: Sprunggrube, Schachtanlage (Bergbau) (u.E.) (S, Sport)/Türschwelle (u.E.) (S)/Drittes der Acht Rigramme im Bagua des I Ging, "Gefahr" (u.E.)