堪 — kanji meaning “withstand”
堪
withstand, endure, support, resist
- Meanings
- withstand, endure, support, resist
- On'yomi
- カン (kan)、タン (tan)
- Kun'yomi
- た.える、たま.る、こら.える、こた.える
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1953 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 32
- Chinese reading
- kān — Chinese character page
Words with 堪
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 堪能 | たんのう tannou | proficient; skilled; skillful |
| 堪能 | かんのう kannou | proficient; skilled; skillful |
| 堪忍袋 | かんにんぶくろ kanninbukuro | one's store of patience |
| 堪える | こらえる koraeru | to bear; to stand; to endure |
| 堪忍 | かんにん kannin | patience; forbearance; endurance |
| 堪らない | たまらない tamaranai | intolerable; unbearable; unendurable |
| 不堪 | ふかん fukan | incompetence |
| 堪えない | たえない taenai | unable to suppress one's emotions |
| 堪る | たまる tamaru | to bear; to endure |
| 抗堪性 | こうたんせい koutansei | survivability (ability to withstand an attack) |
| 堪航能力 | たんこうのうりょく tankounouryoku | seaworthiness |
| 堪らん | たまらん tamaran | intolerable; unbearable; unendurable |
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