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Character Decomposition
坎=土+欠
Etymology
earth
Meanings
pit
threshold
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦 bā guà, symbolizing water
☵
pit
hole
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Words with 坎 95 total
critical juncture · key moment坎儿kǎn rsleeveless jacket (usually cotton) · Chinese waistcoat坎肩kǎn jiān(dialect) just now坎坎kǎn kǎn(of a road) bumpy; (of life) rough; to be down on one's luck; to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes坎坷kǎn kěCancún坎昆Kǎn kūn(TCM) umbilical cord (used as medicine)坎炁kǎn qìuneven (road) · depression (in terrain)坑坎kēng kǎnembankment between fields田坎tián kǎnearthen levee土坎tǔ kǎnbottom of one's heart心坎xīn kǎn(Tw) Cannes, France坎城Kǎn chéngto meet with misfortune坎𡒄kǎn lǎnraised ground · bank坎子kǎn ziRjukan (city in Norway)尤坎Yóu kǎn
Idioms with 坎 5 total Chain
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