kǎn

Source form: 坎
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
pit / threshold / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[bā guà], symbolizing water / ☵
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

坎 坎 [kan3] /pit/threshold/one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing water/☵/

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Source form: 埳 / 坎
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
old variant of 坎[kǎn] / pit / hole
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-a9e4ce591e23cbdf. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

埳 坎 [kan3] /old variant of 坎[kan3]/pit/hole/

Reference definitions and teaching material have separate provenance.

Reference information

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Character information

Other forms in these source records: 埳

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.