坎(kǎn): pit
7 strokes
pit
Stroke order animation
Character information
- Pinyin
- kǎn
- Meaning
- pit; threshold; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing water; ☵
- Strokes
- 7
- HSK level
- —
- Traditional
- Same
Origin & structure
Where 坎 comes from and how its parts fit together.
How to write 坎 step by step
7 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.
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Words with 坎
Common words using 坎 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.
kǎn坎kě坷
(of a road) bumpy; (of life) rough; to be down on one's luck; to be full of frustration…
Open 坎坷 page →potholed and bumpy road (idiom); fig. full of disappointment and dashed hopes
Open 坎坷不平 page →Related characters
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