坎
埳Meanings
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- 1.old variant of 坎[kǎn]
- 2.pit
- 3.hole
- 1.pit
- 2.threshold
- 3.one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[bā guà], symbolizing water
- 4.☵
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Wiktionary
- 1.pit; hole
- 2.bank or ridge between fields
- 3.critical juncture (Classifier: 道 m)
- 4.6th of the 8 trigrams (☵)
- 5.29th hexagram of the I Ching (䷜)
- 6.a surname
- 7.three tiles; set of pung or chow
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kʰoːmʔ, *kʰoːms): semantic 土 (“earth; soil”) + phonetic 欠 (OC *kʰoms). Related to 磡 (OC *kʰuːms, “embankment”) (Schuessler, 2007); see there for more.
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Related words
坎坷 (of a road) bumpy; (of life) rough; to be down on one's luck; to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes坎𡒄 to meet with misfortune坑坎 uneven (road)田坎 embankment between fields坎儿 critical juncture心坎 bottom of one's heart坎肩 sleeveless jacket (usually cotton)坎昆 Cancún门坎 variant of 门槛[mén kǎn]尤坎 Rjukan (city in Norway)赤坎 see 赤坎区[Chì kǎn Qū]坎子 raised ground