堪 — Chinese character
堪
kān
to endure; adequate, capable, worthy
- Pinyin
- kān
- Radical
- 32 ⼟ (Earth)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 土 甚
- Formation
- ideographic — One with a considerable amount 甚 of land 土
- Japanese
- 堪 as a kanji
Common words with 堪
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不堪 | bù kān | cannot bear; cannot stand |
| 难堪 (難堪) | nán kān | hard to take; embarrassed |
| 堪称 (堪稱) | kān chēng | can be rated as; can be said to be |
| 不堪一击 (不堪一擊) | bù kān yī jī | (idiom) unable to withstand a single blow; to collapse at the first blow |
| 堪忧 (堪憂) | kān yōu | worrying; bleak |
| 疲惫不堪 (疲憊不堪) | pí bèi bù kān | exhausted; fatigued to the extreme |
| 不堪设想 (不堪設想) | bù kān shè xiǎng | too horrible to contemplate; unthinkable |
| 苦不堪言 | kǔ bù kān yán | to suffer unspeakable misery; indescribably painful |
| 堪比 | kān bǐ | to be comparable to |
| 不堪入目 | bù kān rù mù | unbearable to look at; an eyesore |
| 拥挤不堪 (擁擠不堪) | yōng jǐ bù kān | overcrowded; jam-packed |
| 不堪入耳 | bù kān rù ěr | (idiom) (of speech, music etc) vulgar; offensive to the ear |
English words written with 堪
堪 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 2
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