"坎" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /kʰän²¹⁴/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /kʰan⁵³/ [Chengdu, Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /hɐm³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /hɐm⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /hɐm³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kʰam³¹/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /kʰam³¹/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /kʰaŋ²¹/ [Jian'ou, Sinological-IPA], /kʰam⁵³/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /kʰam⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /kʰam⁵³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /kʰam⁵³/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /kʰam⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /kʰam⁵²/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /kʰän²¹⁴/, /kʰan⁵³/, /hɐm³⁵/, /hɐm⁵⁵/, /hɐm³³/, /kʰam³¹/, /kʰam³¹/, /kʰaŋ²¹/, /kʰam⁵³/, /kʰam⁵⁵⁴/, /kʰam⁵³/, /kʰam⁵³/, /kʰam⁴¹/, /kʰam⁵²/, /kʰe³⁴/ Chinese transliterations: kǎn [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], kan³ [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], ㄎㄢˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], kan³ [Chengdu, Mandarin, Pinyin, Sichuanese], ham² [Cantonese, Jyutping], ham¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], ham³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], khám [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], kam³ [Guangdong, Hakka, Meixian], kǎng, khám [Hokkien, POJ], kam² [Peng'im, Teochew], ⁵khe, kǎn [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ㄎㄢˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], kǎn [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], kʻan³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], kǎn [Mandarin, Yale], kaan [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], кань [Mandarin, Palladius], kanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], kan [Chengdu, Latinxua-Sin-Wenz, Mandarin], hám [Cantonese, Yale], hām [Cantonese, Yale], ham [Cantonese, Yale], ham² [Cantonese, Pinyin], ham¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ham³ [Cantonese, Pinyin], hem² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], hem¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], hem³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], khám [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], kam` [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], kam³ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], kǎng [Jian'ou, Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized], khám [Hokkien, Tai-lo], qarm [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], khám [POJ, Teochew], ⁵khe [Wu], khe^去 [Wu], ²khe [Wu], /kʰe³⁴/ [Wu], khomX [Middle-Chinese], /*[k]ʰˤomʔ/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*kʰoːmʔ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang], /*kʰoːms/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *kʰoːmʔ, *kʰoːms) : semantic 土 (“earth; soil”) + phonetic 欠 (OC *kʰoms). Etymology templates: {{m|zh|形聲|tr=-}} 形聲/形声, {{categorize|zh|Han phono-semantic compounds}}, {{liushu|psc|adj=|nocap=|pron=OC *kʰoːmʔ, *kʰoːms}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *kʰoːmʔ, *kʰoːms), {{m|zh|土//||earth; soil|tr=-}} 土 (“earth; soil”), {{m|zh|欠//|||tr=<span style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #000; cursor:help" title="Old Chinese">OC *kʰoms</span>}} 欠 (OC *kʰoms), {{Han compound|土|欠|c1=s|c2=p|ls=psc|t1=earth; soil}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *kʰoːmʔ, *kʰoːms) : semantic 土 (“earth; soil”) + phonetic 欠 (OC *kʰoms) Head templates: {{head|zh|Han character}} 坎
  1. (literary) pit; hole Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-坎-zh-character-iPRNtGjl
  2. bank or ridge between fields
    Sense id: en-坎-zh-character-i9v~CMlG
  3. critical juncture (Classifier: 道 m)
    Sense id: en-坎-zh-character-491xtwao Categories (other): Chinese nouns classified by 道
  4. 6th of the 8 trigrams (☵)
    Sense id: en-坎-zh-character-JNWv2gsj
  5. 29th hexagram of the I Ching (䷜)
    Sense id: en-坎-zh-character-6bHvJDY5 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 0 2 6 10 56 21 5 Disambiguation of Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 0 3 4 10 60 19 4
  6. Short for 坎德拉 (kǎndélā). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: 坎德拉 (extra: kǎndélā)
    Sense id: en-坎-zh-character-VwRRScYQ
  7. a surname
    Sense id: en-坎-zh-character-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): Chinese surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 命途坎坷, 坎井之蛙, 坎兒, 坎儿, 坎兒井 (kǎnrjǐng), 坎儿井 (kǎnrjǐng), 坎坎, 坎坷 (kǎnkě), 坎城影展, 坎培拉 (Kǎnpéilā), 坎壈, 坎𡒄, 坎帕拉 (Kǎnpàlā), 坎窞, 坎肩 (kǎnjiān), 坎阱 (kǎnjǐng), 屯坎, 心坎 (xīnkǎn), 流行坎止, 烏坎 (Wūkǎn), 乌坎 (Wūkǎn), 石坎, 羅坎 (Luókǎn), 罗坎 (Luókǎn), 習坎, 习坎, 落坎兒, 落坎儿, 號坎兒, 号坎儿, 調坎, 调坎, 門坎 (ménkǎn), 门坎 (ménkǎn), 闊其坎 (Kuòqíkǎn), 阔其坎 (Kuòqíkǎn), 阿克提坎墩 (Ākètíkǎndūn)

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      "word": "命途坎坷"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "坎井之蛙"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "坎兒"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "坎儿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kǎnrjǐng",
      "word": "坎兒井"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kǎnrjǐng",
      "word": "坎儿井"
    },
    {
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      "word": "坎坎"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kǎnkě",
      "word": "坎坷"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "坎城影展"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Kǎnpéilā",
      "word": "坎培拉"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "坎壈"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "坎𡒄"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Kǎnpàlā",
      "word": "坎帕拉"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "坎窞"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kǎnjiān",
      "word": "坎肩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kǎnjǐng",
      "word": "坎阱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "屯坎"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xīnkǎn",
      "word": "心坎"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "流行坎止"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Wūkǎn",
      "word": "烏坎"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Wūkǎn",
      "word": "乌坎"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "石坎"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Luókǎn",
      "word": "羅坎"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Luókǎn",
      "word": "罗坎"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "習坎"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "习坎"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "落坎兒"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "落坎儿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "號坎兒"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "号坎儿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "調坎"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "调坎"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ménkǎn",
      "word": "門坎"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ménkǎn",
      "word": "门坎"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Kuòqíkǎn",
      "word": "闊其坎"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Kuòqíkǎn",
      "word": "阔其坎"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Ākètíkǎndūn",
      "word": "阿克提坎墩"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tai-pro",
            "2": "*C̬.kumᴬ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Tai: *C̬.kumᴬ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Tai: *C̬.kumᴬ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "ขุม",
            "t": "pit"
          },
          "expansion": "Thai: ขุม (kǔm, “pit”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Thai: ขุม (kǔm, “pit”)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "形聲",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "形聲/形声",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "Han phono-semantic compounds"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "psc",
        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "",
        "pron": "OC *kʰoːmʔ, *kʰoːms"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *kʰoːmʔ, *kʰoːms)",
      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "土//",
        "3": "",
        "4": "earth; soil",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "土 (“earth; soil”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "欠//",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "tr": "<span style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted #000; cursor:help\" title=\"Old Chinese\">OC *kʰoms</span>"
      },
      "expansion": "欠 (OC *kʰoms)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "土",
        "2": "欠",
        "c1": "s",
        "c2": "p",
        "ls": "psc",
        "t1": "earth; soil"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *kʰoːmʔ, *kʰoːms) : semantic 土 (“earth; soil”) + phonetic 欠 (OC *kʰoms)",
      "name": "Han compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *kʰoːmʔ, *kʰoːms) : semantic 土 (“earth; soil”) + phonetic 欠 (OC *kʰoms).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "Han character"
      },
      "expansion": "坎",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Another servant then pared the nails of the feet, after which they threw away the rest of the water into the pit.",
          "ref": "小臣爪足,浴餘水棄于坎。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "小臣爪足,浴余水弃于坎。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Book of Rites, c. 4ᵗʰ – 2ⁿᵈ century BCE\nXiǎochén zhǎo zú, yù yú shuǐ qì yú kǎn. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pit; hole"
      ],
      "id": "en-坎-zh-character-iPRNtGjl",
      "links": [
        [
          "pit",
          "pit"
        ],
        [
          "hole",
          "hole"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) pit; hole"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "ridge between fields",
          "roman": "tiánkǎn",
          "text": "田坎",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bank or ridge between fields"
      ],
      "id": "en-坎-zh-character-i9v~CMlG",
      "links": [
        [
          "bank",
          "bank"
        ],
        [
          "ridge",
          "ridge"
        ],
        [
          "field",
          "field"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese nouns classified by 道",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "critical juncture (Classifier: 道 m)"
      ],
      "id": "en-坎-zh-character-491xtwao",
      "links": [
        [
          "critical",
          "critical"
        ],
        [
          "juncture",
          "juncture"
        ],
        [
          "道",
          "道#Chinese"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "6th of the 8 trigrams (☵)"
      ],
      "id": "en-坎-zh-character-JNWv2gsj",
      "links": [
        [
          "☵",
          "☵"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 2 6 10 56 21 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 3 4 10 60 19 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "29th hexagram of the I Ching (䷜)"
      ],
      "id": "en-坎-zh-character-6bHvJDY5",
      "links": [
        [
          "hexagram",
          "hexagram"
        ],
        [
          "I Ching",
          "I Ching"
        ],
        [
          "䷜",
          "䷜"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "kǎndélā",
          "word": "坎德拉"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "Short for 坎德拉 (kǎndélā)."
      ],
      "id": "en-坎-zh-character-VwRRScYQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "坎德拉",
          "坎德拉#Chinese"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese surnames",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname"
      ],
      "id": "en-坎-zh-character-v2O7m9sM",
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kan³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄢˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kan³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ham²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ham¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ham³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khám"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kam³"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "kǎng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khám"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kam²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁵khe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄢˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kʻan³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kaan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "кань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰän²¹⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰan⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hám"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hām"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ham"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ham²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ham¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ham³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hem²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hem¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hem³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɐm³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɐm⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɐm³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khám"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kam`"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kam³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kǎng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰaŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khám"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qarm"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khám"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵khe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khe^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "²khe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/kʰe³⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khomX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*[k]ʰˤomʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*kʰoːmʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*kʰoːms/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰän²¹⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰan⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɐm³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɐm⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɐm³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰaŋ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰe³⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[k]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*kʰoːmʔ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*kʰoːms/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "坎"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese Han characters",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Northern Min lemmas",
    "Northern Min nouns",
    "Old Chinese lemmas"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "命途坎坷"
    },
    {
      "word": "坎井之蛙"
    },
    {
      "word": "坎兒"
    },
    {
      "word": "坎儿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kǎnrjǐng",
      "word": "坎兒井"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kǎnrjǐng",
      "word": "坎儿井"
    },
    {
      "word": "坎坎"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kǎnkě",
      "word": "坎坷"
    },
    {
      "word": "坎城影展"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Kǎnpéilā",
      "word": "坎培拉"
    },
    {
      "word": "坎壈"
    },
    {
      "word": "坎𡒄"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Kǎnpàlā",
      "word": "坎帕拉"
    },
    {
      "word": "坎窞"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kǎnjiān",
      "word": "坎肩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kǎnjǐng",
      "word": "坎阱"
    },
    {
      "word": "屯坎"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīnkǎn",
      "word": "心坎"
    },
    {
      "word": "流行坎止"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Wūkǎn",
      "word": "烏坎"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Wūkǎn",
      "word": "乌坎"
    },
    {
      "word": "石坎"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Luókǎn",
      "word": "羅坎"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Luókǎn",
      "word": "罗坎"
    },
    {
      "word": "習坎"
    },
    {
      "word": "习坎"
    },
    {
      "word": "落坎兒"
    },
    {
      "word": "落坎儿"
    },
    {
      "word": "號坎兒"
    },
    {
      "word": "号坎儿"
    },
    {
      "word": "調坎"
    },
    {
      "word": "调坎"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ménkǎn",
      "word": "門坎"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ménkǎn",
      "word": "门坎"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Kuòqíkǎn",
      "word": "闊其坎"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Kuòqíkǎn",
      "word": "阔其坎"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Ākètíkǎndūn",
      "word": "阿克提坎墩"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tai-pro",
            "2": "*C̬.kumᴬ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Tai: *C̬.kumᴬ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Tai: *C̬.kumᴬ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "ขุม",
            "t": "pit"
          },
          "expansion": "Thai: ขุม (kǔm, “pit”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Thai: ขุม (kǔm, “pit”)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "形聲",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "形聲/形声",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "Han phono-semantic compounds"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "psc",
        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "",
        "pron": "OC *kʰoːmʔ, *kʰoːms"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *kʰoːmʔ, *kʰoːms)",
      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "土//",
        "3": "",
        "4": "earth; soil",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "土 (“earth; soil”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "欠//",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "tr": "<span style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted #000; cursor:help\" title=\"Old Chinese\">OC *kʰoms</span>"
      },
      "expansion": "欠 (OC *kʰoms)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "土",
        "2": "欠",
        "c1": "s",
        "c2": "p",
        "ls": "psc",
        "t1": "earth; soil"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *kʰoːmʔ, *kʰoːms) : semantic 土 (“earth; soil”) + phonetic 欠 (OC *kʰoms)",
      "name": "Han compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *kʰoːmʔ, *kʰoːms) : semantic 土 (“earth; soil”) + phonetic 欠 (OC *kʰoms).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "Han character"
      },
      "expansion": "坎",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese literary terms",
        "Literary Chinese terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Another servant then pared the nails of the feet, after which they threw away the rest of the water into the pit.",
          "ref": "小臣爪足,浴餘水棄于坎。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "小臣爪足,浴余水弃于坎。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Book of Rites, c. 4ᵗʰ – 2ⁿᵈ century BCE\nXiǎochén zhǎo zú, yù yú shuǐ qì yú kǎn. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pit; hole"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pit",
          "pit"
        ],
        [
          "hole",
          "hole"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) pit; hole"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "ridge between fields",
          "roman": "tiánkǎn",
          "text": "田坎",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bank or ridge between fields"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bank",
          "bank"
        ],
        [
          "ridge",
          "ridge"
        ],
        [
          "field",
          "field"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese nouns classified by 道"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "critical juncture (Classifier: 道 m)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "critical",
          "critical"
        ],
        [
          "juncture",
          "juncture"
        ],
        [
          "道",
          "道#Chinese"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "6th of the 8 trigrams (☵)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "☵",
          "☵"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "29th hexagram of the I Ching (䷜)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hexagram",
          "hexagram"
        ],
        [
          "I Ching",
          "I Ching"
        ],
        [
          "䷜",
          "䷜"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "kǎndélā",
          "word": "坎德拉"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Chinese short forms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Short for 坎德拉 (kǎndélā)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "坎德拉",
          "坎德拉#Chinese"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese surnames"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kan³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄢˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kan³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ham²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ham¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ham³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khám"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kam³"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "kǎng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khám"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kam²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁵khe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄢˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kʻan³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kaan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "кань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰän²¹⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰan⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hám"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hām"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ham"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ham²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ham¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ham³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hem²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hem¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hem³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɐm³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɐm⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɐm³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khám"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kam`"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kam³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kǎng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰaŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khám"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qarm"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khám"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵khe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khe^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "²khe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/kʰe³⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khomX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*[k]ʰˤomʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*kʰoːmʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*kʰoːms/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰän²¹⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰan⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɐm³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɐm⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɐm³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰaŋ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰe³⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[k]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*kʰoːmʔ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*kʰoːms/"
    }
  ],
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}
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