坎

埳

kǎn

#2,441 most

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pit, hole, old variant of 坎[kan3]

Character breakdown

坎 combines 土, earth, with 欠 qiàn as the sound part, though the link is not obvious today. Earth points to the first meaning, a sunken hollow in the ground. It grew to pit, threshold, and a trigram symbolizing water.

坎 as a component in other characters

sound1 character

莰

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坎kǎn

pit, threshold

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砍kǎn

to chop, to cut down, to throw sth at sb

坎

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坎

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