龛 — Chinese character
龛
kān
niche, shrine
- Pinyin
- kān
- Radical
- 212 ⿓ (Dragon)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 合 龙
- Formation
- pictophonetic — dragon; meaning component 龙; sound component 合
- Traditional
- 龕
Common words with 龛
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 神龛 (神龕) | shén kān | shrine; niche; household shrine |
| 佛龛 (佛龕) | fó kān | niche for statue (esp. Buddhist, Christian etc) |
| 壁龛 (壁龕) | bì kān | niche (in a wall) |
| 骨灰龛 (骨灰龕) | gǔ huī kān | columbarium |
| 龛影 (龕影) | kān yǐng | (radiography) the shadow of a peptic ulcer in a barium-swallow X-ray |
English words written with 龛
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.
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