勘 — Chinese character
勘
kān
to investigate; to survey, to explore; to compare; to collate
- Pinyin
- kān
- Radical
- 19 ⼒ (Power)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 甚 力
- Formation
- pictophonetic — strength; meaning component 力; sound component 甚
- Japanese
- 勘 as a kanji
Common words with 勘
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 勘探 | kān tàn | to explore; to survey |
| 勘察 | kān chá | to reconnoiter; to explore |
| 勘测 (勘測) | kān cè | to investigate; to survey |
| 勘查 | kān chá | variant of 勘察 (kān chá) |
| 探勘 | tàn kān | to explore; to survey |
| 校勘 | jiào kān | to collate |
| 勘验 (勘驗) | kān yàn | to investigate; examination |
| 查勘 | chá kān | to investigate |
| 踏勘 | tà kān | to go and inspect (a site); to do an on-site survey |
| 勘定 | kān dìng | to demarcate; to survey and determine |
| 勘界 | kān jiè | boundary survey |
| 勘误 (勘誤) | kān wù | to correct printing errors |
English words written with 勘
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.