堪(kān)

HSK 7-912 strokes

(bound form) may

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Character information

Pinyin
kān
Meaning
(bound form) may; can; (bound form) to endure; to bear; (in 堪舆) heaven (contrasted with earth 舆)
Strokes
12
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 堪 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰土甚

One with a considerable amount 甚 of land 土

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

土tǔ甚shèn

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 堪 step by step

12 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 堪

Common words using 堪 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

bù不kān堪
HSK 7-9

cannot bear; cannot stand; utterly; extremely

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kān堪chēng称
HSK 7-9

can be rated as

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pí疲bèi惫bù不kān堪
HSK 7-9

exhausted

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nán难kān堪
HSK 7-9

hard to take

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kě可kān堪

how can one endure?; to be able to endure

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kān堪yōu忧

worrying; bleak

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bù不kān堪yī一jī击

(idiom) unable to withstand a single blow; to collapse at the first blow

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bù不kān堪rù入mù目

unbearable to look at

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Related characters

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丁丐丘丙丛丝丫丸

From 堪’s common words

不称疲惫难可忧一

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