How to Write 坎 (kǎn) — Chinese Stroke Order
Meaning: pit, threshold, one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing water · 7 strokes · HSK 7–9
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Character facts
| Character | 坎 |
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| Pinyin | kǎn |
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| Strokes | 7 |
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| HSK level | HSK 7–9 |
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| Unicode | U+574E |
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English meanings
- pit
- threshold
- one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing water
- ☵
- old variant of 坎[kan3]
- hole
Words with 坎
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|
| 坎坷 | kǎn kě | bumpy (of a road); rough (of life) |
| 心坎 | xīn kǎn | bottom of one's heart |
More characters
- 坑 kēng
- 坝 bà
- 坟 fén
- 坠 zhuì
- 坦 tǎn
- 坪 píng
- 坷 kē
- 垄 lǒng
- 垒 lěi
- 垦 kěn
- 垫 diàn
- 垮 kuǎ
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