槛 — Chinese character
槛
kǎn
threshold, door frame
- Pinyin
- kǎn
- Radical
- 75 ⽊ (Tree)
- Strokes
- 14
- Components
- 木 监
- Formation
- pictophonetic — wood; meaning component 木; sound component 监
- Traditional
- 檻
Common words with 槛
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 门槛 (門檻) | mén kǎn | doorstep; sill |
| 槛车 (檻車) | jiàn chē | cart with cage, used to escort prisoner |
| 下槛 (下檻) | xià kǎn | (architecture) doorsill |
| 朱云折槛 (朱雲折檻) | zhū yún zhé jiàn | (idiom) Zhu Yun breaks the railing (Zhu Yun was a Han Dynasty official who accused the emperor's tutor of corruption, and when sentenced to death, clung to the |
| 核门槛 (核門檻) | hé mén jiàn | nuclear threshold |
| 槛花笼鹤 (檻花籠鶴) | jiàn huā lóng hè | a flower in a cage, a crane in a basket (idiom); prisoner |
| 笼槛 (籠檻) | lóng jiàn | cage (for animals) |
| 笼鸟槛猿 (籠鳥檻猿) | lóng niǎo jiàn yuán | bird in a basket, monkey in a cage (idiom); prisoner |
| 踏破门槛 (踏破門檻) | tā pò mén kǎn | to wear out the doorstep (idiom); to crowd at sb's door |
| 轩槛 (軒檻) | xuān jiàn | railings of a balcony |
| 阑槛 (闌檻) | lán jiàn | railing; fence |
| 阑槛 (闌檻) | lán kǎn | see 阑槛 (lán jiàn) |
English words written with 槛
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.